Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, December 11, 1993 TAG: 9312130233
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
OBIT-LUCAS, LEWIS BROWN
LUCAS, Lewis Brown, 82, of Newport, died Thursday evening, December 9,
1993, at his home following a long illness. Born in Giles County on June 27,
1911, he was a son of the late Edgar Lee and Fannie Porterfield Lucas. Mr.
Lucas was a member of the Sherry Memorial Christian Church and attended the
Newport Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, was a lifelong farmer in Giles
County and worked for the Giles County School System and Virginia Department
of Highways. Surviving are his wife, "Tillie" Price Lucas; three sons, Calvin
Brown Lucas and wife, Virginia, Dale Fitzgerald Lucas, and Shannon Leon Lucas
and wife, Beth, all of Newport; one daughter, Shelia Joy Collins and husband,
Jeff, of Newport; three grandchildren, Christopher Matthew Lucas, April Nicole
Lucas and Rachael Natele Lucas, all of Newport; one brother, Andrew Caudill
Lucas of Newport. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:p.m. in the
Kendall Funeral Home Chapel in Pembroke. Burial will be in the Lucas Family
Cemetery at Newport. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6
to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions
be made to the American Cancer Society.
by CNB