Charlie Clifton Lewis, 87, of Beaufort died Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport.
Charlie Clifton grew up on Lennoxville Point, and was the 5th son of Abeta Willis Lewis and Charlie Sawyer Lewis. He was a World War II veteran, serving his country in the U.S. Army from June 1945 - November 1946. He was a Mason for 65 years with the Franklin 109 Masonic Lodge in Beaufort. In June 1994 he received an appointment by Gov. Jim Hunt to the Morehead City Navigation and Pilotage Commission. He served on the commission until June 2012. As a young man of 21 years of age, he was the youngest Menhaden Fishing Captain. Mainly fishing in the Gulf, he worked with The Fish Meal Company. In 1958 he attended the Teller's Celestial Navigation School in Mobile, Alabama where he earned a Master of Ocean Steam and Motor Vessels, a U.S. Merchant Marine Document, a First Class Pilot Steam or Motor Vessels, and Radar Endorsement. After working in the Menhaden Industry he made a career change and became a Captain with the N.C Department of Transportation, Ferry Division. While with the Ferry Division he worked as a Captain, as Superintendent of District III, and as Senior Ferry Captain. He retired in 1989.
He was preceded in death by brothers Charlie Lewis, Jr. and Ralph Lenwood Lewis; sister Pearl Lewis Hunnings and husband Oliver, and Bertie Smith Murphy and husband Elmo; brother-in-law Hubert Davis; and step-mother Polly Barker Smith Lewis.
Charlie Clifton grew up on Lennoxville Point, and was the 5th son of Abeta Willis Lewis and Charlie Sawyer Lewis. He was a World War II veteran, serving his country in the U.S. Army from June 1945 - November 1946. He was a Mason for 65 years with the Franklin 109 Masonic Lodge in Beaufort. In June 1994 he received an appointment by Gov. Jim Hunt to the Morehead City Navigation and Pilotage Commission. He served on the commission until June 2012. As a young man of 21 years of age, he was the youngest Menhaden Fishing Captain. Mainly fishing in the Gulf, he worked with The Fish Meal Company. In 1958 he attended the Teller's Celestial Navigation School in Mobile, Alabama where he earned a Master of Ocean Steam and Motor Vessels, a U.S. Merchant Marine Document, a First Class Pilot Steam or Motor Vessels, and Radar Endorsement. After working in the Menhaden Industry he made a career change and became a Captain with the N.C Department of Transportation, Ferry Division. While with the Ferry Division he worked as a Captain, as Superintendent of District III, and as Senior Ferry Captain. He retired in 1989.
He was preceded in death by brothers Charlie Lewis, Jr. and Ralph Lenwood Lewis; sister Pearl Lewis Hunnings and husband Oliver, and Bertie Smith Murphy and husband Elmo; brother-in-law Hubert Davis; and step-mother Polly Barker Smith Lewis.
Charlie Clifton Lewis, 87, of Beaufort died Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport.
Charlie Clifton grew up on Lennoxville Point, and was the 5th son of Abeta Willis Lewis and Charlie Sawyer Lewis. He was a World War II veteran, serving his country in the U.S. Army from June 1945 - November 1946. He was a Mason for 65 years with the Franklin 109 Masonic Lodge in Beaufort. In June 1994 he received an appointment by Gov. Jim Hunt to the Morehead City Navigation and Pilotage Commission. He served on the commission until June 2012. As a young man of 21 years of age, he was the youngest Menhaden Fishing Captain. Mainly fishing in the Gulf, he worked with The Fish Meal Company. In 1958 he attended the Teller's Celestial Navigation School in Mobile, Alabama where he earned a Master of Ocean Steam and Motor Vessels, a U.S. Merchant Marine Document, a First Class Pilot Steam or Motor Vessels, and Radar Endorsement. After working in the Menhaden Industry he made a career change and became a Captain with the N.C Department of Transportation, Ferry Division. While with the Ferry Division he worked as a Captain, as Superintendent of District III, and as Senior Ferry Captain. He retired in 1989.
He was preceded in death by brothers Charlie Lewis, Jr. and Ralph Lenwood Lewis; sister Pearl Lewis Hunnings and husband Oliver, and Bertie Smith Murphy and husband Elmo; brother-in-law Hubert Davis; and step-mother Polly Barker Smith Lewis.
Charlie Clifton grew up on Lennoxville Point, and was the 5th son of Abeta Willis Lewis and Charlie Sawyer Lewis. He was a World War II veteran, serving his country in the U.S. Army from June 1945 - November 1946. He was a Mason for 65 years with the Franklin 109 Masonic Lodge in Beaufort. In June 1994 he received an appointment by Gov. Jim Hunt to the Morehead City Navigation and Pilotage Commission. He served on the commission until June 2012. As a young man of 21 years of age, he was the youngest Menhaden Fishing Captain. Mainly fishing in the Gulf, he worked with The Fish Meal Company. In 1958 he attended the Teller's Celestial Navigation School in Mobile, Alabama where he earned a Master of Ocean Steam and Motor Vessels, a U.S. Merchant Marine Document, a First Class Pilot Steam or Motor Vessels, and Radar Endorsement. After working in the Menhaden Industry he made a career change and became a Captain with the N.C Department of Transportation, Ferry Division. While with the Ferry Division he worked as a Captain, as Superintendent of District III, and as Senior Ferry Captain. He retired in 1989.
He was preceded in death by brothers Charlie Lewis, Jr. and Ralph Lenwood Lewis; sister Pearl Lewis Hunnings and husband Oliver, and Bertie Smith Murphy and husband Elmo; brother-in-law Hubert Davis; and step-mother Polly Barker Smith Lewis.
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