Lillian Lewis, Wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Dies Monday
Lillian and John Lewis had been married since 1968.
The office of U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) has confirmed that his wife, Lillian, died Monday morning in Atlanta. She was 73. Details on her death were not available late Monday. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lillian Lewis grew up in Los Angeles and developed a lifelong interest in Africa. She taught in Nigeria in 1960 in a student program and later returned to Africa in the Peace Corps. The newspaper said, It was after taking a job as a librarian at Atlanta University (the predecessor, with Clark College, of today’s Clark Atlanta University) that she met her husband at a 1967 New Year’s Eve party at the home of television personality and civil rights activist Xernona Clayton. Clayton and another movement veteran, Dr. …
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1:16 pm on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Nicole and Family My Deepest Condolences to you and your family. I am praying your Strength in your time of loss. No matter what the Nay sayers have to say. Always rememember God has the final authority!!! She will b missed but never forgotten. more ›