1945 - 2009 (64 years)
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Name |
Robert Roy Lewis |
Birth |
18 Jul 1945 |
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
23 Aug 2009 |
Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland |
Notes |
- Robert Roy Lewis was born on 18 Jul 1945 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland. He died on 23 Aug 2009 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland. August 24, 2009, Cumberland Times-News
CUMBERLAND — Robert Roy Lewis, 64, of Bel Air, Cumberland, passed away Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009 at his residence. Born July 18, 1945, in Cumberland, he was the son of the late Archie W. Lewis; and is survived by his mother, Mary M. Everhart, of Leesburg, Va. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Linda Rae (Ware) Lewis, on Feb. 26, 2009. Bob graduated from Allegany High School in 1963. He immediately enlisted in the United States Army for 28 years, where he did a tour of duty in Vietnam. He graduated from the Sergeant Major Academy, where he received a Medal of Merit from Connecticut Army National Guard as a Senior Army enlisted advisor. During his career as a Sergeant Major, he was a drill instructor and he received numerous accommodations for being an outstanding drill instructor. He was stationed in Germany, Fort Campbell, Ky., Fort Stewart, Ga., Fort Dix, N.J. and Hartford Connecticut before retiring from the Army in 1991. Surviving are two sons, Bric A. Lewis and wife Tonya, of Cresaptown and Darrin W. Lewis, of Cresaptown; three sisters, Caroline Hedrick, of South Carolina, Mary Ellen Miller and husband Charlie, of Texas, Sheila Hall, of Virginia; one brother, Bill Lewis, of Cumberland; and one special granddaughter, Zoe Saryn Lewis, of Cresaptown. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., Cresaptown, on Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted in the funeral home on Wednesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Harold R. McClay Jr. officiating. Interment will be in the Maryland State Veterans Cemetery, Rocky Gap, Flintstone. Pallbearers will be Eric Fadley, Jimmie Iser, Lonnie Iser, Tyler Kennell, Victor Lease Jr., and Johnny Strickland.
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Person ID |
I13965 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
Family |
Linda Rae Ware, b. 17 May 1947, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland d. 26 Feb 2009, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 61 years) |
Children |
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Family ID |
F06716 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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