Virginia Lewis' Obituary

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Start: 01/31/2017 10:00 AM
End: 01/31/2017 08:00 PM
Location: Grace Memorial Funeral Home

Virginia C. Lewis, who was also known as "Pee Wee", departed from earth on January 27, 2017, after a long battle with health issues. She will always be remembered as the woman who fought off everything (illness) that the devil threw at her.

On July 9, 1948, she was born to Harry D. Bates and Bernice Lewis. She joined Galilee Missionary Baptist Church under Reverend J. W. Cartwright, at a young age. Virginia was a member of the mass choir and director of the youth choir until her health would not allow her to go on. Even when her health started to deteriorate, she remained humble and faithful to Reverend Jerry Reeves and the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church family.

Virginia was preceded in death by: her father, Harry D. Bates, and her brother, Alphonso Lewis.

She leaves to cherish her memory: her mother, Bernice Lewis, of Leighton, Alabama; one daughter, Sharri D. Savage, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; one son, Michael K. Savage, Leighton, Alabama; two granddaughters, Shakira D. Savage, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Harley M. Oliver ,Tuscumbia, Alabama; brothers, Henry F. Lewis (Sallie), Florence, Alabama, David L. Ricks (Lisa), Columbia, Tennessee, Alvin B. Ricks (Tonya), Leighton, Alabama, and Howard Davis, Leighton, Alabama; sisters, Patricia A. Hawkins (Alfonzo), Columbia, Tennessee, Lovie D. Softly (William), Tuscumbia, Alabama, Elizabeth Denton (Norris), Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Regina D. Ricks, Muscle Shoals, Alabama; aunt, Keziah Adams, Chattanooga, Tennessee; and host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

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