James Orville Lewis, Sr.
1907 - 1980 (72 years)-
Name James Orville Lewis Suffix Sr. Birth 27 Jul 1907 Flat River,,St. Francois County,Missouri,USA 
Gender Male Death 13 Jan 1980 Texas City,,Galveston County,Texas,United States 
James Orville Lewis Death Certificate 
James Orville Lewis SR. Obituary The Galveston Daily News 14 Jan 1980 pg 4 Record Created 13 Oct 2011 familyserch.org ID GM8P-STK Burial Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery,,Galveston County,Texas,USA - Find a Grave Memorial # 120397899
Notes - James Orville was married on January 17, 1931 to Katherine Smith. His second wife was Jewell L.Coleman.
(Information received in September 1992 from Mary Lu Politte. She received the information Naomi Lewis Zager, James' half sister)
OBITUARY
James O. Lewis, Sr., of 2715 3rd Ave. South, Texas City, died Sunday morning at Memorial Hospital of Galveston County.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Eiken-Linton Funeral Hoye in Texas City, the Rev. Frank Skillern officiating.
Burial will be at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock.
Mr. Lewis was born July 27, 1907, in Flat River, Mo., and was a retired guard.
Survivors include his wife, Jewell L. Lewis of Texas City; a step-mother, Mrs. Myrtle Lewis of Ironton, Mo.; step-daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. B.P. Lewis of Texas City; a brother, Darwin Lewis of St. Louis, Mo.; two sisters, Naomi Zager of Columbia, Mo., and Yvonne Elrod of Piedmont, Mo.; four granddaughters, Sharon Jackson and Pat Klopp, both of Alta Low, Brenda Dennis of Texas City, Octivia Pearson of L.A., and Rachel Lewis of Texas City; a grandson, Paul Lewis Jr. of Texas City; sister-in-law, Beulah Edler of Texas City; two brothers-in-law, O.E. Coleman of Dayton, Texas, and D.C. Colesan of Orange, Texas; nieces, nephews and great-grandchildren.
Visitors may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Monday.
(Received from Mary Lu Politte in September 1992. She obtained the newspaper clipping from Naomi Lewis Zager) (The name Zager was misspelled in the article)
He also married (742) JEWEL L. Dennison
- Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002 ancestry.com
Name: Orville Lewis Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1935 Marriage Location: Ironton, Missouri Marriage County: Iron Spouse Name: Jewel Dennison
Person ID 16555634 robsgenealogy Last Modified 20 Jul 2021
Father James Monroe Lewis, b. 06 Jun 1883, Annapolis,,Iron County,Missouri,USA d. 12 Nov 1970, Annapolis,,Iron County,Missouri,USA (Age 87 years) Mother Orra May Brewer, b. 18 Apr 1886, Annapolis,,Iron County,Missouri,USA d. 23 Jun 1923, Annapolis,,Iron County,Missouri,USA (Age 37 years) Marriage 14 Oct 1906 Annapolis,,Iron County,Missouri,USA - James and Orra Brewer were 1st Cousins Once Removed. James and her mother, Evaline Hale Brewer, were First Cousins.
Jimmie Lewis and Orra Brewer wedding - Iron County register 18 Oct 1906 pg 5 Age at Marriage He : 23 years and 4 months - She : 20 years and 6 months. Record Created 21 Nov 2010 Notes - MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
This Certifies that Mr. James M. Lewis of Des Arc State of Missouri and Miss Myrtle M. Fowler of Brunot State of Missouri were united in Holy Matrimony at Des Arc, No., on the ninth day of October A.D. 1925, by authority of a License bearing date the third day of October, A.D. 1925 and issued by the Recorder of Deeds of Iron County, Missouri.
Rev. G.A. Pegram
Pastor Nazarine Church Des Arc, No. Witnesses: J.W. Robinson and Everett Seal (Copy of certificate received from Mary Lu Politte in September 1992. She obtained a copy from Myrtle and James's daughter, Naomi Lewis Zager)
!WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
WEDDING BELLS
Our assessor J.M. Lewis and Miss Myrtle Fowler, were united in marriage at
the home of the former, by Rev. Dr. G.A. Pegram, Friday, Oct. 9, 1925, at seven
o'clock. About an hour later a crowd of fifty-eight persons gathered for the
customary charavari, and congratulations. The writer joins their zany friends
in entreating Providence to smile on this happy two through the coming years.
E.S.
(IRON COUNTY REGISTER newspaper ...Ironton, Iron Co., NO ...Thurs., Oct. 15, 1925)
Family ID F66431633 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jewell Louella Coleman, b. 07 May 1911, New Florence,,Montgomery County,Missouri,USA d. 10 Oct 1994, La Marque,,Galveston County,Texas,USA (Age 83 years) Record Created 11 Jun 2014 Family ID F81958292 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2016
Family 2 Katherine Smith Marriage 17 Jan 1931 Age at Marriage He : 23 years and 6 months - She : ??. Record Created 11 Jun 2014 Family ID F31434930 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Sep 2016
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Birth - 27 Jul 1907 - Flat River,,St. Francois County,Missouri,USA 
Death - 13 Jan 1980 - Texas City,,Galveston County,Texas,United States 
Burial - - Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery,,Galveston County,Texas,USA = Link to Google Earth
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Orville Lewis and Posey Miller 
Orville Lewis 
James Orvile Lewis and Jewell L. gravestone
