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- [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 30 May 1991.
Frank Harrison Watson obituary
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Felix G Lewis
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Cutshin, Leslie, Kentucky
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Kentucky
Estimated Birth Year: 1920
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Enumeration District Number: 0006
Family Number: 165
Sheet Number and Letter: 9A
Line Number: 25
NARA Publication: T626, roll 765
Film Number: 2340500
Digital Folder Number: 4584849
Image Number: 00133
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Enoch Lewis M 43 Kentucky
Wife Jonah Lewis F 43 Kentucky
Daughter Clara Lewis F 15 Kentucky
Son Felix G Lewis M 10 Kentucky
Son Ottis Lewis M 5 Kentucky
Daughter Imeda Lewis F 0 Kentucky
Daughter Alfreda Lewis F 0 Kentucky
Nephew Denver Lewis M 13 Kentucky
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 18 Jan 2004.
Felix Gilbert ''Gib'' Lewis
March 20, 1920 - January 18, 2004
Birthplace: Napier, Kentucky
Resided In: Gatlinburg Tennessee USA
Visitation: January 20, 2004
Service: January 20, 2004
Cemetery: Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens
Felix Gilbert “Gib” Lewis, age 82, of Gatlinburg, died Sunday, January 18, 2004.
Gib, as he was known to his family and friends, owned and operated Lewis Electric Co. for many years in Gatlinburg. He was of the Baptist faith.
A veteran of WWII, he was a member of Co. M393 Infantry where he was a mortar gunner, seeing action in France, Normandy, Rhineland, Europe, and Andennes. He received the Purple Heart with one oak leaf cluster for being wounded in France and Germany; the EAME Theater Ribbon with five bronze stars, the Bronze Star, and the Good Conduct medals for his service.
Mr. Lewis was preceded in death by his parents, Enoch and Jona Lewis, a son Murphy Dale Lewis and sisters Alta Cornett, Clara Fee and Rhoda Huskey.
Survivors:
Wife of 61 years: Reva (Watson) Lewis
Sons and daughters-in-law: Clell G. and Mary (Compton) Lewis, Dean and Linda (McMahan) Lewis, all of Sevierville, and Van and Eileen (Murphy) Lewis of Gatlinburg
Grandchildren: Sandra (Lewis) Pendley and husband Paul, Jeffrey Lewis, Tina (Lewis) Koontz and husband M. Dean, Renee (Lewis) Kohagen and husband Gary, Cindy (Lewis) Cubberly and husband Matthew, Jason Lewis, Blaine Lewis and wife Nikki
Step-granddaughter: Janelle Valentine
Great-grandchildren: Kevin Merten and Sara Pendley, Conley and Elmer Rolen, Jessica and Adam Lewis, Blake Cubberly, Jenna and soon-to-be Baby Kohagen, RyLee Lewis
Sisters: Freda Price of Pigeon Forge, Ineda Howard of Putney, KY
Brother: Ottis Lewis of Bean Station, TN
Funeral service 7 PM Tuesday at Atchley’s Smoky Mountain Chapel in Pigeon Forge with Rev. Bill Merritt officiating. Interment 1 PM Wednesday in Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens with full military honors. The family will receive friends 5-7 PM Tuesday at Atchley’s Smoky Mountain Chapel, 220 Emert Street, Pigeon Forge. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)
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