Funeral services were held Feb. 16, 2019, at St. Paul M. B. Church in
Silver Creek, for Mrs. May Ida Fox Lewis, 59, who died Feb. 10, 2019,
at her residence. Rev. Michael Evans, pastor, officiated with burial
following in St. James M. B. Church Cemetery in Monticello. Johnson
Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. May Ida Lewis was born in Oma, to the late Plummer and the late
Maggie Mae Fox.She graduated from Lawrence County High School and
married Donald E. Lewis Sr. She was a member of St. Paul M. B. Church
where she served on the usher board and was a member of the Mission.
She was preceded in death by sisters, Rosie Lee, Magetta and Rosie Mary.
She is survived by two children, Donald E. (Melanie) Lewis Jr. and
Tyesha D. (Dominique) Lewis-Weathersby; seven grandchildren; sisters,
Ida (Clarence) Pittman, Juanity Lenyoun, and Cheryl Lenyoun all of
Oma; Pearl Walley of Bogalusa, Louisiana, Ida May Curtin of
Monticello, Gladys Fox of Hattiesburg and Lena Bridges of Las Vegas,
Nevada; many other relatives and friends.