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June Marie Jennings Lewis, 74, passed from this world into her eternal heavenly home on Friday, May 17, 2019.
She was born to Ashby and Louise Jennings on December 14, 1944 in Alameda, California. In 1962 she met and fell in love with Johnnie “Little Clyde” Lewis, a Navy sailor from Harrisville, Mississippi. They married on December 31, 1962. They added two daughters to their family before Johnnie was discharged from the Navy and they came to Harrisville to start their new life. They would add three more children to their family, another daughter and two sons. They endured many trials that most people would have walked away from. They had just celebrated 45 years of marriage when cancer took Johnnie on February 27, 2008.
Through her life, June became known as “Granny,” not just to her grandchildren, but to others throughout her community. She loved children and caring for others and helped “raise” many generations of children.
June is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her son, Johnny Lewis, Jr. She is survived by her daughters, Deanna (Randy) Moore of Braxton, Cynthia Lewis of Magee, and Kim (Bundy) Boykin of Harrisville, her son, Vincent (Tammy) Lewis of Harrisville, her daughter-in-law, Laura Lewis of Harrisville, and her nephew, Dennis (Rita) Raines of Braxton. She leaves behind a legacy of 15 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great grandchild, many nieces and nephews, and dozens of others that call her “Granny.”
Visitation will be Sunday, May 19 at Colonial Chapel in Mendenhall from 5 to 8 pm. Services will be Monday, May 20 at 2:00 pm at the funeral home and officiated by Dennis Raines and Steele Cockrell. She will be laid to rest between her husband and son at Harrisville Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons,
BJ and Justin Boykin, EJ and Tyler Rice, Michael Raines, Steele Cockrell with honorary pallbearers will be Jay Lewis, Nathan Lewis, Nathaniel Hankins, Dennis Puckett, and Houston Rankin.
