Obituary of Richard Lewis

Services for Richard Allen Lewis, 70, Overton, will be at 3:00, Thursday, December 19, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton with Reverend Jason Taylor officiating. Military graveside services will follow at Lakewood Cemetery, Henderson. Mr. Lewis died at his home Monday, December 16, 2013 in Overton. He was born September 21, 1943 in Henderson to the late Troy Curtis and Virginia Ruth Wilkins Lewis. He was a lifelong resident of the Overton area and married Barbara Ann Henley December 26, 1964 in Liberty City. He is a veteran of the US Air Force Air Police and he served in the Viet Nam War. He was a mechanic and bus driver for West Rusk Schools for seventeen years and loved the kids and gave them candy, which they looked forward to.  He taught dance classes at the Kilgore Recreational Center and the YMCA in Henderson and  was a member of the Bar None Cowboy Church and loved it with a passion. For all the friends and family that knew Richard, they knew what a comic and what a cut-up he was. Survivors include his wife of almost 49 years, Barbara Lewis, Overton; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Terry Allen and Donna Lewis, Overton and Bubba Lewis, Henderson; a sister, Linda Sue Johnson, New London; four grandchildren, Shelby Lewis, T. J. and Ashley Lewis and Michelle Mikes; a great grandchild, MaKayla Williams; and four nephews. Pallbearers will be T. J. Lewis, Jamal Kelley, Brad Bittick, Michael Vinson, Dewayne Pace, and Jacob Sparks.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Wednesday, December 18, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 p.m.