Obituary
Bessie M. Lewis was born on November 23, 1924 in Apalachicola, Fl. She was a daughter of the late Robert Boyd and Rebecca Dingle Boyd. She departed this life on November 16, 2016 at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, SC.
She was an active member of Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church before relocating to New York City. After marriage she and her family moved to Rahway, New Jersey and became a member of Second Baptist Church for a number of years. She earned a LPN License in Chicago, ILL, she served faithfully in the nursing profession for over forty years.
She leaves to cherish her memory a loving husband of sixty-one years, James Lewis, one son James (Patricia) Lewis Jr; one granddaughter, Jada Lewis; nieces, Barbara Hicks, Dorothy Burton, Elsie Brown, Ramonia Spencer, Sandra Thower, Cynthia Mitchell, and Thelma Bradley, whom she took as her daughter; nephews, Isham Tomlin, Peter and Raymond Boyd; sisters-in-laws, Doris Miller, Dale (John) Ellerbe, Virginia Lewis, Mazie Lewis, Alberta Hood and Loretta Newkirk; brothers-in-law, John H. Lewis and Joe Lewis.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Moultrie Boyd; four sisters, Rosa Bell Washington, Theola Brailsford, Mamie Conyers and Louise Mitchell.
Public Viewing will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 from 2-6pm at Job's Mortuary.
Ms. Lewis will be placed in the church on Wed. at 11am for viewing until the hour of service.
Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 12noon at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church 803 S. Harvin Street, Sumter with Rev. Marion H. Newton, Officiating
Interment will follow in Hillside Memorial Park.
Family will be receiving friends at 2625 West Oakland Ave, Sumter