Charles Augustus Lewis

LEWIS, Charles Augustus, 75, of Warsaw, went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, August 12, 2008. He was a retired textile worker, a member of Cobham Park Baptist Church, a member of Warsaw Bauman Lodge # 323, AF&AM for 52 years, the Acca Temple, Rappatomac Shrine Club and Scottish Rite Bodies. He was a charter member of Richmond County Rescue Squad and a member of VFW Post 7167. Surviving are his wife, Ethel Short Lewis; three daughters, Betty Mitchell Lewis, Julia Marie Jones George and Louella Glessner and husband, Greg; a brother, Maynard Edward Lewis Sr. and wife, Meaker; two grandchildren, J.D. Jones and Brian Glessner; and two great-grandchildren, Kaylee Marie and Kaleb Haden Jones. Mr. Lewis was preceded in death by a son-in-law, H. Haden Jones; and a brother, Lawrence F. Lewis Sr. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 15, 2008 at Cobham Park Baptist Church at 4 p.m., with burial following in the church cemetery with Masonic Rites. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the Welch Funeral Home, Marks Chapel, 10300 Richmond Road, Warsaw. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cobham Park Baptist Church Veterans Memorial, c/o Wainwright Sanders, 1439 Wellford's Wharf Road, Warsaw, Va. 22572, or the Richmond County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 55, Warsaw, Va. 22572.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.