Lewis was born January 29, 1932 in Harmon County, Oklahoma. His parents were Benjamin Carroll and Fannie Ethel Overall Browder. Lewis grew up on a farm in Harmon County, Oklahoma, the epicenter of the Dust Bowl, and had many interesting stories of that life. His parents were proud to send their youngest to college: Cameron University, Oklahoma State and then Kansas State where he earned his PhD. Lewis was passionate about serving others by helping them grow more wheat. He travelled to China, Egypt, and Eastern Europe helping researchers there, and was among the first to computerize wheat disease research.
Lewis was also passionate about serving others in any other ways he could, from preaching in rural churches, to visiting friends in nursing homes, to baking muffins for everyone he knew. He married Zada Lea Thompson December 19, 1954. Lewis and Zada lived in Manhattan, Kansas from 1958 to 2012, when they moved to Leonard, Texas. He served as a deacon in the Manhattan, Kansas Church of Christ and was currently a member of the Leonard Church of Christ. He also was a part of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture at Kansas State University from 1958 to 1988. He passed away Saturday November 28, 2015, at the Leonard Manor.
In addition to his parents, Lewis was preceded in death by six brothers, Carroll, R.B., Clayton, Elton, Bill, and Ray Browder, by two sisters, Estelle Masters and Rita Taylor, as well as by four infant siblings.
(Manhattan Mercury)
Lewis was born January 29, 1932 in Harmon County, Oklahoma. His parents were Benjamin Carroll and Fannie Ethel Overall Browder. Lewis grew up on a farm in Harmon County, Oklahoma, the epicenter of the Dust Bowl, and had many interesting stories of that life. His parents were proud to send their youngest to college: Cameron University, Oklahoma State and then Kansas State where he earned his PhD. Lewis was passionate about serving others by helping them grow more wheat. He travelled to China, Egypt, and Eastern Europe helping researchers there, and was among the first to computerize wheat disease research.
Lewis was also passionate about serving others in any other ways he could, from preaching in rural churches, to visiting friends in nursing homes, to baking muffins for everyone he knew. He married Zada Lea Thompson December 19, 1954. Lewis and Zada lived in Manhattan, Kansas from 1958 to 2012, when they moved to Leonard, Texas. He served as a deacon in the Manhattan, Kansas Church of Christ and was currently a member of the Leonard Church of Christ. He also was a part of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture at Kansas State University from 1958 to 1988. He passed away Saturday November 28, 2015, at the Leonard Manor.
In addition to his parents, Lewis was preceded in death by six brothers, Carroll, R.B., Clayton, Elton, Bill, and Ray Browder, by two sisters, Estelle Masters and Rita Taylor, as well as by four infant siblings.
(Manhattan Mercury)
Family Members
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Agnes Estelle Browder Masters
1912–1979
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R. B. Browder
1913–1979
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Bennie Irene Browder
1915–1915
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Robert Carroll Browder
1916–1998
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James Clayton Browder
1918–2003
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Henry Arthur Browder
1920–1920
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Frank Elton Browder
1921–2009
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Benjamin Wayne Browder
1924–1924
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Ollie Ray Browder
1925–2002
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William Jean "Bill" Browder
1928–2012
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Reta Joy Browder Taylor
1930–1976