James Lee Lewis

1889 - 1963  (74 years)

• Name	James Lee Lewis  [1]
  Birth	20 Jun 1889	Quincy, Adams County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	36139
  Death	12 Dec 1963	Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana   [3, 4]
  	Former Baptist minister dies in Indiana - The Rev. James Lee Lewis, former pastor of the First Baptist church in Mason City, died Thursday in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was 74. Private funeral services were scheduled for Saturday in Fort Wayne. Mr. Lewis left Mason City in 1942 after serving seven years here. Before coming to Mason City he was a missionary in Burma and a school was named for him there. Survivors include his wife, Lilly; two sons, James Jr., Fort Wayne, and Robert, Kalamazoo, Mich., two daughters, Mrs. George Nelson, Columbus, Ind., and Mrs. Paul Lindskog, Minneapolis. 13 Dec 1963, Galesburg Register-Mail (Galesburg, IL) Death Claims Rev. Lewis - Rev. James Lee Lewis, 74, a prominent Baptist minister and missionary, died Thursday in Fort Wayne, Ind. He had been bedfast several years following a stroke. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis resided on Beecher Avenue in Galesburg prior to moving to Fort Wayne. Rev. Lewis was born in Quincy June 20, 1889, received his primary and secondary education in the Quincy area. He also studied at the University of Chicago, Harvard College and the Andover-Newton Seminary. He received his doctor of theology degree from the Central Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kan. Served in Burma - Rev. Mr. Lewis was for many years a missionary in Burma, where a high school is named after him. He was pastor of churches in Massachusetts, Iowa, Nebraska and Michigan. He was retired at the time of his death. Surviving are his widow, Lilly; another son, James Lee Lewis Jr. of Fort Wayne; two daughters, Mrs. George Nelson of Columbus, Ind., and Mrs. Paul Lindskog of Minneapolis, Minn. and two brothers, Elwood Lewis of Tampa, Fla., and Harold Lewis of Quincy. Private funeral services will be held Saturday at the D.O McComb and Sons Funeral Home in Fort Wayne. Burial will be in Fort Wayne.
  Burial	Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana   [5]
  Person ID	I35880	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. [S337] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=39. [S530] Various volunteers, Records from Find a Grave website copied by Donald Lowe, (Name: Burial information submitted by volunteers: headstone photos, obituaries and biographical information.;), 13 Oct 2022. No. 203745934 for James Lee Lewis [S529] Articles from Newspaper.com copied by Donald Lowe, (Name: (http://www.newspapers.com/);), 13 Dec 1963, Mason City Globe-Gazette (Mason City, IA) - Obituary for Rev. James Lee Lewis. [S530] Various volunteers, Records from Find a Grave website copied by Donald Lowe, (Name: Burial information submitted by volunteers: headstone photos, obituaries and biographical information.;), No. 203745934 for James Lee Lewis.