9/17/2020 Suggested edit: Robert Magruder Lewis was born in Columbus, Georgia, July 23, 1894, a member of a prominent Columbus family. His parents are both deceased. His father, James Angevine Lewis was born in Fort Gaines, Ga., August 3, 1848 and his mother, Robena Hicks Bass, July 17, 1866 in Columbus. The untimely death of Mr. Robert Lewis occurred at his home in Columbus May 13,1946, from a sudden heart attack. At this time he was fifty-one years old and would have celebrated his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary on November 9, 1946. He attended the local school system and graduated from Bingham College at Asheville, N. C. Subsequently he took a two-year course at Georgia Tech. He left Tech to volunteer for 15th Officers Training School in World War I and graduated as a first Lieutenant. He was the brother of David Gawley (Deceased), James A. Jr., (Deceased), Fannie Emma (Mrs. Owen D. Edge), Bass Hicks Lewis, and Mrs. Burrus Munn (Vernon). Mr. Lewis was married to Georgia Isabel McKee, November 9, 1921 in Columbus, Ga. She was the daughter of Lee Bourke McKee and Florence Belle Mahone. To this couple was born a son, Robert Magruder Lewis, Jr. April 22, 1925. He married Laura Jeanne Anderson, April 4, 1947. Two granddaughters, Laura Jeanne Lewis and Leland Anderson Lewis have now joined the family. He served as secretary-treasurer of William Beach Hardware Company until a few years before his death when he resigned to devote his entire time to his farm and property interests. Robert Lewis was a Director of the Columbus Bank & Trust Co. for twenty-five years. He was a member of Mt. Hermon Lodge of Masons, Shriners, Executives Club, Country Club, Bachelors, Charter Member of Kiwanis Club and former member of Lion's Club. He attended the St. Paul Methodist Church. He was pleasant, friendly and amiable with a spirit of goodwill to all mankind. Quietly and unostentatiously, he went along the path of duty and met the obligations of life with fine fidelity. His personal modesty was as genuine as it was refreshing. He was a gentleman.
From "Georgia Genealogy Trails" website: http://genealogytrails.com/geo/muscogee/ColumbusontheChattahoochee3.html
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From "Georgia Genealogy Trails" website: http://genealogytrails.com/geo/muscogee/ColumbusontheChattahoochee3.html
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9/17/2020 Suggested edit: Robert Magruder Lewis was born in Columbus, Georgia, July 23, 1894, a member of a prominent Columbus family. His parents are both deceased. His father, James Angevine Lewis was born in Fort Gaines, Ga., August 3, 1848 and his mother, Robena Hicks Bass, July 17, 1866 in Columbus. The untimely death of Mr. Robert Lewis occurred at his home in Columbus May 13,1946, from a sudden heart attack. At this time he was fifty-one years old and would have celebrated his twenty-fifth wedding anniversary on November 9, 1946. He attended the local school system and graduated from Bingham College at Asheville, N. C. Subsequently he took a two-year course at Georgia Tech. He left Tech to volunteer for 15th Officers Training School in World War I and graduated as a first Lieutenant. He was the brother of David Gawley (Deceased), James A. Jr., (Deceased), Fannie Emma (Mrs. Owen D. Edge), Bass Hicks Lewis, and Mrs. Burrus Munn (Vernon). Mr. Lewis was married to Georgia Isabel McKee, November 9, 1921 in Columbus, Ga. She was the daughter of Lee Bourke McKee and Florence Belle Mahone. To this couple was born a son, Robert Magruder Lewis, Jr. April 22, 1925. He married Laura Jeanne Anderson, April 4, 1947. Two granddaughters, Laura Jeanne Lewis and Leland Anderson Lewis have now joined the family. He served as secretary-treasurer of William Beach Hardware Company until a few years before his death when he resigned to devote his entire time to his farm and property interests. Robert Lewis was a Director of the Columbus Bank & Trust Co. for twenty-five years. He was a member of Mt. Hermon Lodge of Masons, Shriners, Executives Club, Country Club, Bachelors, Charter Member of Kiwanis Club and former member of Lion's Club. He attended the St. Paul Methodist Church. He was pleasant, friendly and amiable with a spirit of goodwill to all mankind. Quietly and unostentatiously, he went along the path of duty and met the obligations of life with fine fidelity. His personal modesty was as genuine as it was refreshing. He was a gentleman.
From "Georgia Genealogy Trails" website: http://genealogytrails.com/geo/muscogee/ColumbusontheChattahoochee3.html
Contributor: 48674568
From "Georgia Genealogy Trails" website: http://genealogytrails.com/geo/muscogee/ColumbusontheChattahoochee3.html
Contributor: 48674568
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