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Jessie James “Jerry” Lewis Jr.

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Jessie James “Jerry” Lewis Jr.

Birth
Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, USA
Death
30 Mar 2019 (aged 79)
Texas, USA
Burial
Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Jessie James Jr. (“Jerry”, “CoCo”, “Pops”, “Daddy”) Lewis Jr., Jessie, 79, was born February 10, 1940, in Grapeland, Texas, to Jessie James Sr. and Eudia Bell Lewis. He graduated from WR Banks School and immediately went into the workforce. Jerry was hardworking and determined to make his own way in life. He worked in the flooring industry prior to January 1974 when he hired on at Vulcraft/Nucor in the painting department, from where he retired in 1989. Jerry was brought up in “The Church of the Living God” (Prophet Herman and John L. McKnight) and was a current member of Evangelistic Pentecostal Church of Crockett under the leadership of Pastor Walter R. Kent.
Jerry married the love of his life Gloretha Tillis and on September 19, 1975, they wrote a love letter to the world that lasted 44 years. Four children, in good times and bad, through sickness and health.
Jessie was proceeded in death by his mother and father Jessie Sr., Eudia Bell Lewis, and sister Linda Jean Lewis and mother-in-law Velma Tillis.
Jessie James Jr. (“Jerry”, “CoCo”, “Pops”, “Daddy”) Lewis Jr., Jessie, 79, was born February 10, 1940, in Grapeland, Texas, to Jessie James Sr. and Eudia Bell Lewis. He graduated from WR Banks School and immediately went into the workforce. Jerry was hardworking and determined to make his own way in life. He worked in the flooring industry prior to January 1974 when he hired on at Vulcraft/Nucor in the painting department, from where he retired in 1989. Jerry was brought up in “The Church of the Living God” (Prophet Herman and John L. McKnight) and was a current member of Evangelistic Pentecostal Church of Crockett under the leadership of Pastor Walter R. Kent.
Jerry married the love of his life Gloretha Tillis and on September 19, 1975, they wrote a love letter to the world that lasted 44 years. Four children, in good times and bad, through sickness and health.
Jessie was proceeded in death by his mother and father Jessie Sr., Eudia Bell Lewis, and sister Linda Jean Lewis and mother-in-law Velma Tillis.


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