Extracted from The Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
W.B. LEWIS JR.
W.B. “Dub” Lewis Jr., 80, of Laurel, died Saturday, July 1, 2000, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, with burial in Antioch Cemetery. The Rev. Mike Thompson will officiate.
A member of Glade Baptist Church, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He retired from Southland Oil Co.
He is survived by his wife, Virgie Jenkins Lewis of Laurel; two brothers, Bilbo Lewis of Mobile, Ala., and Lavern “Cooter” Lewis of Lafayette, La.; three sisters, Nancy Lewis Ishee, Annie Laura Lewis Hobson and Mary Ruth Lewis Robertson, all of Laurel; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Ned Robertson, Narvel Robertson, John T. Padgett, Teddy Lewis, Leon Lewis and Richard Hobson.
Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel is in charge of arrangements.
Monday, June 3, 2000