OBIT: Lewis, 1956, Livingston Co

>From the clippings our grandmother kept.  She dated this article March 
23, 1956.  We do not know the name of the paper it came from.

RETIRED IC ENGINEER DIES AT 79

E. W. Lewis, 79-year-old native of Grand Rivers, who served 50 years 
as an engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad, died Thursday at his 
home in Memphis.

The retired railroader had been in ill health for five years.

Mr. Lewis was a deacon in LaBelle Baptist Church of Memphis and a 
member of the Paducah Masonic Lodge 127.

Mr. Lewis moved to Memphis in 1926.

Survivors include a son, Carl Lewis of Owensboro; three daughters, 
Mrs. Nell Evans of Memphis; Mrs. Ruth Nichols of Hernando, Miss., 
and Mrs. Jane Williams of Memphis; two brothers, Maurice Lewis of 
Paducah and Henry Lewis of Memphis; a sister, Mrs. Jim Freeman of 
Paducah; seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at National Funeral 
Home in Memphis.  Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday 
at Dixon Cemetery, Grand Rivers.
Submitted by: Jim & Colleen Lovan 
<jlovan@uky.campus.mci.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 98