City: Memphis
LEWIS, Thomas Wiley, minister of the gospel; born Chickasaw Co., Miss. Jan. 15, 1869; son of James Asbury and Elizabeth (Foster) LEWIS; father’s occupation planter; paternal grandfather Wiley LEWIS, paternal grandmother was a Miss SUMMERS prior to her marriage, maternal grandparents Moses D. and Nancy (Tunnell) FOSTER; educated in Houston, Miss.; taught school two years in early life; married Mary Naomi WHITSON, Dec. 21, 1881; member Masons, Knights Templar, Shrine I.O.O.F. and K.P.; has been a member of the general conferences of Methodist church three times; member of Board of Church extension for 12 years; now pastor of First Methodist church, Memphis, Tenn.
