This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Karen_Jorgensen Surnames: Lewis, Pickett, Tucker, Lingle Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.green/17829/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Woodson "Woodsie" Lewis, III, died Thursday, November 6, 1980, at Norton-Children's Hospital in Louisville after an illness of six weeks. Lewis, age 54, was a member of one of Greensburg's oldest merchant families, a great-grandson of William Lewis who established the Lewis family dry goods business here in 1828. Lewis was a graduate of Kentucky Military Institute and attended Campbellsville College, the University of Kentucky and Western Kentucky University. He was a veteran of World War II, a member of American Legion Rod Lowe Post. #124 and a member of the Greensburg Presbyterian Church. He was a past-commander of Rod Lowe Post #124. Lewis was born March 23, 1926 in Lebanon, Kentucky, the son of the late William Templeton and Ruth Lingle Lewis. "He is survived by his wife, Norma Jean Pickett Lewis; a son, Billy Wood, Lewis, Huston, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Con Tucker, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and a number of other relatives and friends. His funeral was Saturday, November 8 at! Foster-Jones Funeral Home with the Rev. James Loy and the Rev. Dwain DePew officiating. Burial was in Greensburg Cemetery with military rites being performed at the grave. Active pallbearers were; Coleman Paxton, H.H. Durham, Joe Rogers, George "Starch" Coffey, Morris Simmons, and Tom Pete Curry. Honorary pallbearers were: Leon Upton, Denver Wells, Earl Clark, Victor Henderson, Jack Blakeman, and Glenn Murray. Obituaries of Green Co. Ky. Vol. 2, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, p. 119 Greensburg Cem; Transcribed by Bill Clark Lewis, Woodson III Mar 23, 1926 - Nov 6, 1980 (son of William T. & Ruth Lingle Lewis) WWII Lewis, Norma Jean Nov 16, 1930 - Oct 4, 1991 (dau of Clayton & Bessie Rogers Pickett) Kentucky Vital Records Index, cd's LEWIS, WOODSON; 23 Mar 1926; GREEN; mother LINGLE RUTH 1930 Green Co. Kentucky Census; Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Greensburg, Green, Kentucky; Roll: 747; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 931.0. Ancestry.com census Images; 51 / 72 Woodson Lewis, Sr., 72, widow, age 36 at 1st marriage, KyKyKy; Woodson Lewis, son, 32, Ky; Ruth, dau-in-law, 34, age 28 at 1st marriage, KyKYKy; Elizabeth C., dau, 5 3/12, Ky; Woodson Lewis III, son, 4, Ky; Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.