Lillian May Lewis

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Lillian May Lewis (Miles)

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Birthplace: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States
Death: December 31, 2012 (73)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Harry Wallace Miles and Mamie Miles
Wife of John Lewis, US Congress
Mother of Private
Sister of Ethel Thornton; Private and Private

Managed by: Tamás Flinn Caldwell-Gilbert
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About Lillian May Lewis

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103180144/lillian_may_lewis

The wife, friend and political adviser of U.S. Rep. John Lewis died Monday at Emory University Hospital. She was 73. John and Lillian Lewis met at a New Year's Eve party, in 1967. The couple had been married for 44 years. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 407 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. She apparently had been ill for an extended period of time but encouraged her husband to continue with his career, representing Atlanta and Buckhead in the U.S. House of Representatives. She met her future husband when he was already a civil rights legend, and she played a key role in his transition to a career in politics.

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Lillian May Lewis's Timeline

1939
March 3, 1939
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States
2012
December 31, 2012
Age 73
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States