"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 149, No 4, p 63, July 24, 1950.
Ellis Raymond Lewis, youngest son of Robert L. and Minerva Oshel Lewis, was born at Stone Fort, Ill., October 10, 1882, and died at the Veterans' Hospital at Fayetteville, Ark., June 29, 1950, as the result of injuries sustained in a fall from his house roof.
He served two enlistments in the United States Army, the first in 1902, re-enlisting in 1918.
He was married June 25, 1905, to Nellie Grace Mulvey; to them were born six children, J. R., Bessie, Harold, Dorothy, Nellie Grace, and William B., of whom three survive: Bessie (Mrs. Robert Burns) of Dallas, Tex.; Dorothy (Mrs. John Carrel) of Alhambra, Calif.; and William B. of Riverside, Calif. On April 28, 1945, he was married to Mrs. Grace Maxson Ratliff.
In May, 1922, Ellis Lewis was licensed to preach the gospel, and became pastor of the Stone Fort Church. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in May, 1925, and in January, 1926, took up work as general missionary in the Southwest, and pastor of the Gentry Church, a position in which he served for 17 years.
Farewell services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. A. Beebe, assisted by Rev. Ralph M. Soper, pastor of the Fouke Church, at the Gentry Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, July 2, 1950. Ministerial students present at the association meeting were among the pallbearers. C. A. B.
Ellis Raymond Lewis, youngest son of Robert L. and Minerva Oshel Lewis, was born at Stone Fort, Ill., October 10, 1882, and died at the Veterans' Hospital at Fayetteville, Ark., June 29, 1950, as the result of injuries sustained in a fall from his house roof.
He served two enlistments in the United States Army, the first in 1902, re-enlisting in 1918.
He was married June 25, 1905, to Nellie Grace Mulvey; to them were born six children, J. R., Bessie, Harold, Dorothy, Nellie Grace, and William B., of whom three survive: Bessie (Mrs. Robert Burns) of Dallas, Tex.; Dorothy (Mrs. John Carrel) of Alhambra, Calif.; and William B. of Riverside, Calif. On April 28, 1945, he was married to Mrs. Grace Maxson Ratliff.
In May, 1922, Ellis Lewis was licensed to preach the gospel, and became pastor of the Stone Fort Church. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in May, 1925, and in January, 1926, took up work as general missionary in the Southwest, and pastor of the Gentry Church, a position in which he served for 17 years.
Farewell services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. A. Beebe, assisted by Rev. Ralph M. Soper, pastor of the Fouke Church, at the Gentry Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, July 2, 1950. Ministerial students present at the association meeting were among the pallbearers. C. A. B.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 149, No 4, p 63, July 24, 1950.
Ellis Raymond Lewis, youngest son of Robert L. and Minerva Oshel Lewis, was born at Stone Fort, Ill., October 10, 1882, and died at the Veterans' Hospital at Fayetteville, Ark., June 29, 1950, as the result of injuries sustained in a fall from his house roof.
He served two enlistments in the United States Army, the first in 1902, re-enlisting in 1918.
He was married June 25, 1905, to Nellie Grace Mulvey; to them were born six children, J. R., Bessie, Harold, Dorothy, Nellie Grace, and William B., of whom three survive: Bessie (Mrs. Robert Burns) of Dallas, Tex.; Dorothy (Mrs. John Carrel) of Alhambra, Calif.; and William B. of Riverside, Calif. On April 28, 1945, he was married to Mrs. Grace Maxson Ratliff.
In May, 1922, Ellis Lewis was licensed to preach the gospel, and became pastor of the Stone Fort Church. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in May, 1925, and in January, 1926, took up work as general missionary in the Southwest, and pastor of the Gentry Church, a position in which he served for 17 years.
Farewell services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. A. Beebe, assisted by Rev. Ralph M. Soper, pastor of the Fouke Church, at the Gentry Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, July 2, 1950. Ministerial students present at the association meeting were among the pallbearers. C. A. B.
Ellis Raymond Lewis, youngest son of Robert L. and Minerva Oshel Lewis, was born at Stone Fort, Ill., October 10, 1882, and died at the Veterans' Hospital at Fayetteville, Ark., June 29, 1950, as the result of injuries sustained in a fall from his house roof.
He served two enlistments in the United States Army, the first in 1902, re-enlisting in 1918.
He was married June 25, 1905, to Nellie Grace Mulvey; to them were born six children, J. R., Bessie, Harold, Dorothy, Nellie Grace, and William B., of whom three survive: Bessie (Mrs. Robert Burns) of Dallas, Tex.; Dorothy (Mrs. John Carrel) of Alhambra, Calif.; and William B. of Riverside, Calif. On April 28, 1945, he was married to Mrs. Grace Maxson Ratliff.
In May, 1922, Ellis Lewis was licensed to preach the gospel, and became pastor of the Stone Fort Church. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in May, 1925, and in January, 1926, took up work as general missionary in the Southwest, and pastor of the Gentry Church, a position in which he served for 17 years.
Farewell services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. C. A. Beebe, assisted by Rev. Ralph M. Soper, pastor of the Fouke Church, at the Gentry Seventh Day Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, July 2, 1950. Ministerial students present at the association meeting were among the pallbearers. C. A. B.
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