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James (Jimmy) Carson Lewis

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James (Jimmy) Carson Lewis born in Pangburn Arkansas March 19, 1918, died February 10, 2013. He was a long-time member of Church of Christ. Jimmy served his country in the United States Army Air Force in WWII as a tail gunner. For more than 30 years he owned and operated Jimmy Lewis Grocery in Damascus, Arkansas. After retirement he became the Chief of Police at Fair Field Bay and Deputy Sheriff of Van Buren County. He is preceded in death by his parents, Edward B. and Katherine Dubbs Lewis, step-mother, Bertha Yingling Lewis, four brothers, Orvel, Howard, Raymond, and Arthur, and two sisters, Hazel and Stella. Survivors include his wife of 75 years, Aline Nicholson Lewis; two sons, James Lee and his wife Bonnie Nixon Lewis of Sarasota, Fla., and Edward Earl and wife Jan Bonds Lewis of Little Rock, Arkansas; a brother, Edwin Lewis of Stone Mountain, Georgia; a step-sister, Frances Evans of Clinton, Arkansas; two grandchildren, James Alan and his wife Pamela Stedina Lewis of Bradenton, Florida, Janice Lewis and her husband Billy George of North Carolina; four great-grandchildren, Whitney Lee Russell, Haleigh Elizabeth Russell, Kelsey Rose Russell, all of North Carolina, and James Wyatt Lewis of Florida; and one great-great-grandson, Braylon Alexander Boone of North Carolina. Services will be at Roller-McNutt Funeral Home in Greenbrier, Ark. (501)679-2575, Saturday, February 16, 2013, with the visitation at 12 noon, and funeral services at 1 p.m. Interment will be at Spires Cemetery in Damascus, Ark. Online guestbook: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com.

Published February 13, 2013

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