Joe Spurgeon Lewis, 80, of Memphis, died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-East in Memphis. He was born May 24, 1935 in Houston, the son of Spurgeon and Mary Inmon Lewis. He was a truck driver for UPS for 35 years, and served in the U.S. Army.
Visitation will be Wednesday, Dec. 2, from noon until the time of his funeral service at 2 p.m. at Pryor Funeral Home in Calhoun City. Bro. Mike Smith will be officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Chickasaw County. Pallbearers will be Kirk Nichols, James Lee Ellison, Jan Hill, Joe Edmondson, Durwood Cannon and Bobby Inmon.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy Nichols Lewis, Memphis; two sons, Joe Gary Lewis and Rod Lewis, both of Memphis, TN; one sister, Brenda Huffman, Amarillo, TX; one grandson, William (Cayla) Lewis, and one great-granddaughter, Natalee Renee Lewis. He was preceded in death by parents.
Online condolences can be left at pryorfuneralhome.com