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George Wright Lewis

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George Wright Lewis

Birth
Verona, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
Death
14 Aug 1928 (aged 49)
Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA
Burial
Ormond Beach, Volusia County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 29.2790854, Longitude: -81.0817513
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George was the son of Isaac "Ike" and Nursie Dennis Lewis. After George and and his brother Cater "Cato" broke into the Sandlin Store in Verona and took some merchandise, (as teenagers), their father Ike advised them to leave the state. They both moved to Florida and stayed until they passed away. George married Nora Yelvington, the daughter of John and Annie Jones Yelvington from Daytona Beach on August 31, 1905 at the age of 27. She was 17. The 1900 Census reports shows that he was a chicken peddler in Onslow County, but after he moved to Florida, he became a commercial painter. He and Nora had 9 children: Ethel Narcissa born July 27, 1906 married to Harold V. Barbour on Dec. 7, 1925, she died April 20, 1964; George Howard Lewis born Aug. 18, 1908 and died April 18, 1976, he married Kitty Mae Lewis; Annie Leonora Lewis born Nov. 25, 1910 and died Dec. 17, 1910; Nora Lewis born Dec. 11, 1911 married Gus Gary Jones on July 28, 1929 and she died Dec. 14, 1977; Neva Lewis born April 7, 1914 married Lawrence D. Moser; Mamie Lewis born Oct. 10, 1918 and married Benjamin F. Kittrell; Dorothy Lewis born Feb. 12, 1920 and married Robert Moser, brother of Neva's husband; Lena Lucille Lewis born March 18, 1922 and married Thomas Jefferson Kitrell, brother to Mamie's husband; Mildred Alice Lewis born July 27, 1926 married Charles Bozeman.
George was the son of Isaac "Ike" and Nursie Dennis Lewis. After George and and his brother Cater "Cato" broke into the Sandlin Store in Verona and took some merchandise, (as teenagers), their father Ike advised them to leave the state. They both moved to Florida and stayed until they passed away. George married Nora Yelvington, the daughter of John and Annie Jones Yelvington from Daytona Beach on August 31, 1905 at the age of 27. She was 17. The 1900 Census reports shows that he was a chicken peddler in Onslow County, but after he moved to Florida, he became a commercial painter. He and Nora had 9 children: Ethel Narcissa born July 27, 1906 married to Harold V. Barbour on Dec. 7, 1925, she died April 20, 1964; George Howard Lewis born Aug. 18, 1908 and died April 18, 1976, he married Kitty Mae Lewis; Annie Leonora Lewis born Nov. 25, 1910 and died Dec. 17, 1910; Nora Lewis born Dec. 11, 1911 married Gus Gary Jones on July 28, 1929 and she died Dec. 14, 1977; Neva Lewis born April 7, 1914 married Lawrence D. Moser; Mamie Lewis born Oct. 10, 1918 and married Benjamin F. Kittrell; Dorothy Lewis born Feb. 12, 1920 and married Robert Moser, brother of Neva's husband; Lena Lucille Lewis born March 18, 1922 and married Thomas Jefferson Kitrell, brother to Mamie's husband; Mildred Alice Lewis born July 27, 1926 married Charles Bozeman.


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