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Sylvia Cecelia Wade Mitchell Lewis

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FUNERAL HOME

Stewart Funeral Home

4001 Benning Road, N.E.

Washington, District of Columbia

UPCOMING SERVICE

Visitation

Dec. 9, 2025

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Ebenezer AME Church

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Sylvia Lewis Obituary

On November 23, 2025, Family will receive friends for visitation on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 10 a.m., with Funeral Service to follow at 11 a.m. at Ebenezer AME Church, 7701 Allentown Road, Fort Washington, MD. Interment at Maryland National Cemetery.

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Published by The Washington Post on Dec. 5, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Sylvia Lewis

Dec

9

Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Ebenezer AME Church

7707 Allentown Rd., Fort Washington, MD 20744

Dec

9

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

Ebenezer AME Church

7707 Allentown Rd., Fort Washington, MD 20744

Funeral services provided by:

Stewart Funeral Home

4001 Benning Road, N.E. , Washington, DC 20019

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