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Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home

70 Jon Street

Metropolis, Illinois

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Graveside Service

Jan. 6, 2026

1:00 p.m.

Metropolis Memorial Gardens Cemetery, North Avenue, Illinois, Metropolis

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Michael Lewis Obituary

METROPOLIS, Ill. - Michael Lewis, 66, of Metropolis, passed away at 1:35 a.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at Baptist Health Paducah.

Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Rev. Matt Snell officiating.

Michael worked for Allied Chemical for several years and was a member of Upper Salem Baptist Church.

Michael is survived by his wife of 31-plus years, Phyllis Lewis; mother, Janice Davis (David); daughters, Angella Stubblefield (Michael) and Savanna Cunningham (Wesley); sons, Randy Stowers (Jenna), Phillip Stowers (Sarah), and Brandon Stowers (Dakota); 17 grandchildren, Jordan, Jayce, Madison, Ava, Hayley, Connor, Lily, Arya, Elsie, Charlotte, Graycen, Ryan, Aubrey, Aidan, Maddie, Willow, and Emma; brother, Jeffery Lewis; half brothers, James Lewis, and Brett Lewis; and several nieces and nephews.

Michael was preceded in death by his father, Jimmy Dale Lewis; grandparents, Lester "Shine" and Agnes Lewis and Owen and Jessie Teasley.

Memorials may be made in Michael's name to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1640, Hagerstown, MD 21741. Memo: Restrict to IL service area.

Pallbearers will be Randy Stowers, Phillip Stowers, Brandon Stowers, Mike Stubblefield, Wesley Cunningham, and Jayce Cunningham.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at aikinsfarmer-millerfh.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Paducah Sun on Jan. 3, 2026.

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Graveside service

1:00 p.m.

Metropolis Memorial Gardens Cemetery, North Avenue, Illinois, Metropolis

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Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home

70 Jon Street P.O. Box 760, Metropolis, IL 62960

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