Thomas Jackson Lewis (1885-1973)

Thomas Jackson Lewis was born on 5 January 1885 in Mississippi. He died on 1 April 1973 in Quitman, Clarke, Mississippi. He is buried in Antioch Cemetery in Clarke, Mississippi.

Thomas Jackson Lewis' headstone

 

The Clarke County Tribune, 6 April 1973

Services for T. J. (Tom) Lewis, 88, of Rt. 3, Quitman were held at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Antioch Baptist Church with Rev. Johnny Mosley and Rev. Lendell Ainsworth officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery with Wright's Funeral Home in charge.
   Mr. Lewis, who died in Watkins Memorial Hopsital Sunday, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mattie Lewis; four daughters, Mrs. Leona Irby, Mrs. Adele Anderson, Mrs. Velma McGrew, all of Quitman, Miss Myrtle Grace Lewis, New Orleans, La.; four sons, Grady Lewis, Quitman, Odeston Lewis, Enterprise, J.D. Lewis, Medford Ore., Howard Lewis, Alva, Fla.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Claudia Gables, Quitman; two stepsons, Floyd W. Johnson, Cave City, Ark., Lloyd Johnson, Farmington, N.M.; 44 grandchildren; 50 great grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter, one sister, Mrs. Asinia Dew, Quitman; two half sisters, Mrs. Christine Hemmingway, Mobile, Ala., and Miss Earline Lewis, Pensacola, Fla.; one step sister, Mrs. Ruby Rasco, Stonewall.

PARENTS
Alonzo S. Lewis
Martha J.

SPOUSES
Sara Louise
Mattie Irene Taylor

CHILDREN
Leona R. Lewis
Lola Adele Lewis
Myrtle Grace Lewis
Grady L. Lewis
Carey Odston Lewis
Julian D. Lewis
Velma Irene Lewis
William Lewis
Howard T. Lewis

SOURCES

• 1900 census, Beat 5 Maxville, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1910 census, Maxville, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1920 census, Maxville, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1930 census, Enterprise, Clarke, Mississippi

• 1940 census, Beat 3, Clarke, Mississippi

• The Clarke County Tribune, 6 April 1973

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