Lewis Sewell

Lewis Gayle Sewell, age 81, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at the MS State Veterans Home in Oxford. He was born December 31, 1935 in Dyersburg, TN. He graduated from Newbern High School and obtained his undergraduate degree from Union University, his Master’s Degree in Hospital Administration from the University of Mississippi and his Doctoral Degree in Theology from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a retired nursing home administrator and an ordained Baptist minister. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran. He was an avid golfer who became a Certified Professional Golf Club maker.

Survivors include his wife, Billie Jean Thomas Sewell of Pontotoc, MS; two daughters, Lauren Ingraham (Jim) of Hixson, TN and Jeanna Boothe (Leigh) of Madison, AL; one son, Tom Sewell (Melissa) of Pontotoc, MS; five grandchildren, Emily Sewell and Erica Gray of Pontotoc, MS, Alex and Andrew Boothe of Madison, AL and William Ingraham of Hixson, TN.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Alma Childers Sewell Stribling and his father, Ebbie Stribling; and a brother, Robert Sewell.

Pallbearers will be Jim Ingraham, Leigh Boothe, Alex Boothe, Andrew Boothe, William Ingraham and Chris Thomas.

The family wishes to thank the staff of the Veteran’s Home in Oxford and Halcyon Hospice for their kind and loving care of our father.

Memorials may be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association or First Baptist Church of Pontotoc.

Condolences may be offered at www.browningpontotoc.com