Lewis, Edward

Edward Lewis
Oct. 2, 1905-Nov. 29, 1984


Niles Daily Star, Saturday, December 1, 1984, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library

Edward Lewis, 79, 3047 Carberry Rd., Niles, died at 2:37 a.m.  Thursday at Pawating Hospital after a long illness.

He was born Oct. 2, 1905 in Ada Beana, Miss. He retired from the Clark Equipment Co., in 1967 and was a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church.

He married Grace Seawood in 1949 in Niles. She died in 1972.

Surviving are: a son, Johnny Q. Lewis of San Francisco; and a sister, Maude Lewis of Niles.

Services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Fletcher McAfee of that church will officiate. Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery.

Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. A wake service will be held Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m.