CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Charles "Ray" Lewis, 3 Dec 2003
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Charles "Ray" Lewis, age 80, 334 Whaleytown Road, Butler, died 
Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at James H. Quillen V.A. Medical 
Center Hospital, Mountain Home, following a brief illness. 
A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late William and 
Mae Walsh Lewis. 
He was a member of Elizabethton Church of Christ and was a retired 
employee of North American Rayon Corporation after 40 years of service. 
He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during World War II and 
was a member of The Diehard Company, had served in five major battles 
and was awarded a purple heart. 
He was preceded in death by a brother, Carl Lewis. 
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Mattie Lambert Lewis, of the 
home; one daughter and son-in-law, Devonia Lewis McKeehan and Bobby 
McKeehan, Elizabethton; one brother, Bill Lewis, Greeneville; three 
sisters, Frances Reece, Butler, Shirley Caruso, Johnson City, and 
Betty Stout, Akron, Ohio; two grandchildren, Sgt. 1st Class, Randy 
McKeehan, Sr., Newport, and Lisa McKeehan Young, Johnson City; four 
great-grandchildren, Curtis Bradley McKeehan, Elizabethton; Randy 
Ray McKeehan, Jr., Gray; Chase Alan Young, Johnson City, and Christopher 
Robert Young, Johnson City. Several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews 
also survive. 
The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 7, 
2003, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with Mr. Eddy Craft 
and Mr. Ed DeVault, ministers officiating. Music will be under the 
direction of Elizabethton Church of Christ Singers. Interment will 
follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Military honors to be accorded 
by Capt. Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. Post #2166. Active pallbearers will be 
Johnny Campbell, Burl Campbell, Dean Lunceford, Bob Campbell, Donnie 
Harmon, Jeff Vines, Curtis Bradley McKeehan and Terry Reece. Honorary 
pallbearers will be members of Elizabethton Church of Christ. The 
family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, December 6, at 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, or friends may call the 
residence 334 Whaleytown Road, Butler any time. Tetrick Funeral Home, 
Elizabethton, 423-542-2232, is in charge of the arrangements.

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