CLYDE HENRY LEWIS

CLYDE HENRY LEWIS

            Clyde Henry Lewis, of Jakes Run passed away December 4, 2018 at the age of 83.

            He was the son of the late John Henry Lewis and Maggie Belle Smith Lewis.  Clyde was born in Osage, WV on July 5, 1935.

            Clyde served in the United States Army for twenty years with two tours in Vietnam.  After retirement he went to work at the Loveridge Mine and worked there for 13 years and then went to University Health Science Center and worked there for 12 years.  Mr. Lewis was a member of the Jakes Run United Methodist Church at the time that it closed.

            Surviving is his wife, Pearl Brookover Lewis; a son, Clyde H. Lewis, Jr of Gulfport, Mississippi; one daughter, Bell Donna Reynolds of Core; one sister, Charlotte Tennant of Harve De Grace, Maryland; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

            In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one brother and four sisters.

            The family would like to extend their thanks to the VA, Morgantown Hospice, and the two care givers, Joey Dille and Amy Grazulis who gave him such loving care and comforted his family during his illness and their time of sorrow.

            Friends and family will be received at the Owen-Neely Funeral Home in Blacksville from 2-4 & 6-8 PM Friday.  Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11:00 AM Saturday with Pastor Stanley Merrifield officiating.  Interment will follow in the Olive Cemetery at Pentress where full military honors will be provided.