Deacon Robert Lewis Jr., 69, husband of Evelyn Dorch Lewis, died on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.
He was born on July 31, 1945, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a son of the late Robert Sr. and Bertha Bellamy Lewis. He was a graduate of Finklea High School, Loris, and Morris College in Sumter.
He was formerly employed as a police officer in Manning and as a Special Education teacher in New Jersey and Clarendon County School District 2. Robert was a member of Mt. Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Manning, and served as a deacon, sang with the male chorus, and taught Sunday school.
Survivors are his wife; four children, Melvin ( Deloris) Lewis of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Elbert (Jacqueline) Lewis of Piscataway, New Jersey, Angela (Charles) Treadwell of Edison, New Jersey, and Tawanda (Jonathan) Sanks of Duluth, Georgia; one brother-in-law, Andrew Dorch; 18 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and aunts-in-law, Margie Witherspoon and Mamie Witherspoon, both of Manning.
The celebratory services for Deacon Lewis will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Mt. Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Manning, with the Rev. Carnell Witherspoon, pastor, officiating, the Rev. George P. Windley Sr. presiding, and the Rev. Ramsey McFadden, Bishop Rudolph B. Lewis Sr. and the Rev. Clarence Hilton, assisting. Burial will follow in Witherspoon Cemetery, Mallette Road, Sugar Hill community of Manning.
Deacon Lewis will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.
The family is receiving friends at the residence, 2601 Mallett Road, Sugar Hill community, Manning.
These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
