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Rev Thomas Wiley “Tom” Lewis Sr.

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Rev Thomas Wiley “Tom” Lewis Sr.

Birth
Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Death
1 Apr 1939 (aged 79)
Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
Chapel Hill Section
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Died in Houston MS, but not sure which one. One time Pastor of the Madison Heights Methodist Church in Memphis. Remarried on Jan. 19, 1919 to Maude Kirg.

Obituary of Reverend Thomas Wiley Lewis, Sr.
The Birmingham News
Birmingham, Alabama
Published on April 2, 1939

VETERAN PASTOR DIES
The Rev. Thomas W. Lewis Succumbs At Houston, Miss.

The Rev. Thomas Wiley Lewis, 79, a Methodist minister for 60 years, died here Saturday of pneumonia. At the time of his death, he was pastor of the Calhoun City Methodist Church. Houston was his birthplace. He had held many pastorates, including four in Memphis, one at Jackson, Tenn., and another at Paducah. KY. He had served at Greenwood, Carrollton, Grenada, Corinth and Tupelo, Miss. Survivors include the widow, a son. T. W. Lewis of Columbus, Miss., and two brothers, the Rev. R. E. Lewis of Durant, Miss., and Dixie Lewis of Chattanooga. Funeral services will be held 11 a m. Sunday at Calhoun City. Burial will be in a Memphis cemetery.

Contributor: Bridgid Ferguson Berry (49302050) • [email protected]
Died in Houston MS, but not sure which one. One time Pastor of the Madison Heights Methodist Church in Memphis. Remarried on Jan. 19, 1919 to Maude Kirg.

Obituary of Reverend Thomas Wiley Lewis, Sr.
The Birmingham News
Birmingham, Alabama
Published on April 2, 1939

VETERAN PASTOR DIES
The Rev. Thomas W. Lewis Succumbs At Houston, Miss.

The Rev. Thomas Wiley Lewis, 79, a Methodist minister for 60 years, died here Saturday of pneumonia. At the time of his death, he was pastor of the Calhoun City Methodist Church. Houston was his birthplace. He had held many pastorates, including four in Memphis, one at Jackson, Tenn., and another at Paducah. KY. He had served at Greenwood, Carrollton, Grenada, Corinth and Tupelo, Miss. Survivors include the widow, a son. T. W. Lewis of Columbus, Miss., and two brothers, the Rev. R. E. Lewis of Durant, Miss., and Dixie Lewis of Chattanooga. Funeral services will be held 11 a m. Sunday at Calhoun City. Burial will be in a Memphis cemetery.

Contributor: Bridgid Ferguson Berry (49302050) • [email protected]


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