Hopkins Co. TX - Walter Lewis

From:  June E. Tuck  <jparks@neto.com>

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DR. WALTER LEWIS  died at his home in Como last Friday after a brief
illness of pneumonia. Dr. Lewis was one of Como^Òs first settlers and was
one of the best physicians. He was laid to rest at the Como cemetery with
Masonic honors, Rev. York conducting the funeral service. (S.S. Gazette,
Jan. 24, 1908) Resolution of respect - He was a member of the Como Lodge
No. 834, A. F. and A. M, Como, Texas. Dr. Lewis was born in LaGrange,
Georgia, in May 1839, and as a lad came to Texas with his father, Dr.
Howell Lewis, in 1852, his home being at Elysian Fields, in Harrison
county, where he grew to manhood and studied medicine under his father^Òs
guidance, preparatory to attending college. His medical education was
completed at Tulane University, New Orleans, La., where he secured a
diploma and at once returned home and commenced the practice of his
profession. He was married in 1865 to Miss Florence E. Helms of Marshall,
Texas, by whom he had nine children, five boys and four girls; two of
those boys, Paul and Warner, and three of the girls, Miss Ann Lewis, Mrs.
Sallie Sterrit, and Mrs. Jim Harlow, are left to mourn the loss of a
loving father. Mrs. Lewis, two of the boys and one of the girls, passed
into eternity some years since. Dr. Lewis became a Mason in Reily Springs
in 1874. Dr. Lewis gave four years of arduous service to the Confederate
cause.