Levi Lewis
Submitted by: Cathy Shelley
Hillsboro Reporter; Saturday, December 28, 2002
Mr. Levi (Buddy) Lewis, 78, of Morgan died
Monday, December 23, at a Meridian
nursing home. He was born January 21, 1924 in
Ben Franklin, son of John Franklin
and Lillie Bridges Lewis. He grew up in Gilmer
where he attended school. He
worked in the CCC camp when he was 15 and worked
on the construction of Tyler
State Park. He moved to South Texas when he was
18 and entered the Marine Corp.
He married Louise Scott May 27, 1944 in Velasco.
He served two tours of duty with
the Marines during World War II and the Korean
Conflict. He worked for Dow Chemical
for over 15 years and then worked in
construction until retiring in February 1986. He
moved to Hillsboro in 1975 and to Lake Whitney
in 1986. He was a member of Cedar
Shores Baptist Church, where he served as a
deacon for many years, and a member
of IBEW Local Union 716 in Houston. He was
preceded in death by his sister,
Louise Sorelle, in 1998. Survivors include: his
wife; two sons and daughters-in-law,
Donnie A. Lewis and wife, Evelyn, of Texarkana,
and Steve Lewis and wife, Sunzera,
of Whitney; one daughter, Sue Balan and her
daughters, Bindu and Sindu; nine grandchildren;
and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services
were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December
26, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors
Chapel in Whitney with Reverend
Kenneth James officiating. Interment followed at
Hillcrest Garden of Memory near
Hillsboro. Memorials may be made to Cedar Shores
Baptist Church, 277 CR 1500,
Morgan, TX 76671.
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