Waltonville - Eva Lewis, 82, of Waltonville died at 3 a.m. today at Franklin Skill Care Nursing Home, Benton.

She was a member of the Unitarian Universal Church, Waltonville.

Mrs. Lewis was born in Jefferson county on Feb. 15, 1895, the daughter of Jarret and Mary J. (Reynolds) McCowen.

She married Leslie Jay Lewis. Feb. 15, 1963 (sic.) in Pinckneyville. He preceded her in death in 1963.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Fry Funeral Chapel. Waltonville with the Rev. Edward Sausaman officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. Sunday.

Mrs. Lewis is survived by two sons. Rolland Lewis of Alexandria. Va., and Leslie Lewis, Jr., of Waltonville; two daughters, Mrs. Dale (Dorothy) Knight of Waltonville and Mrs. Jack (Mary) Edmondson of Oklahoma City; nine grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and a brother, Jarret McCowen, Jr., of Waltonville. Besides her husband, she was preceded In death by her parents, a son and five brothers.

Source: The Mt Vernon Register News
Date: Saturday, July 16, 1977
Submitted by: Robert W. Loman