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In Memory of
Mary Ethel
Lewis
Lewis
1928 - 2021
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Obituary for Mary Ethel Lewis
Mrs. Mary Ethel (Darby) Lewis of North Little Rock, Arkansas, departed this life on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at the age of 92. She was born October 23, 1928, the daughter of Mervin Dolph and Mary (Schmitt) Darby.
Miss Mary Ethel Darby married Mr. G.A. Lewis, Jr., on May 16, 1952, and together they spent 63 years.
Mrs. Lewis was a school secretary for the Newport School District, and a member of Holden Avenue Church of Christ. She loved teaching children’s Bible school, and did so well into her 80’s. Mrs. Lewis enjoyed sewing, decorating cakes, cooking, and doing arts and crafts. She loved children, and enjoyed taking care of her family. She especially loved spending time with her family.
Mrs. Lewis was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, G.A. Lewis, Jr.; one son, George Allen Lewis; five brothers, Samuel Darby, Colonel Harry Darby, Richard Darby, Ray Darby, and Bobby Darby; and one sister, Lora Crowder.
She is survived by one son, Tommy Lee Lewis of Newport; one daughter, Mary Ellen Koettel and husband, Ocon of North Little Rock; one brother, Julius Darby of Wichita, Kansas; four grandchildren, Rachel Gleason and husband, Daryl, Lindsey Lewis, Katie Lewis, and Madeline Lewis; and three great-grandchildren, Kristofer , Kyra, and Kaylee Gleason.
Friends may visit at the funeral home, beginning Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Jackson’s Newport Funeral Home Chapel, with interment at Remmel-McCall Cemetery.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers Tommy Lewis, Ocon Koettel, Daryl Gleason, Kristofer Gleason, Kerry Rice, and John Nance.
Arrangements by Jackson’s Newport Funeral Home.
Miss Mary Ethel Darby married Mr. G.A. Lewis, Jr., on May 16, 1952, and together they spent 63 years.
Mrs. Lewis was a school secretary for the Newport School District, and a member of Holden Avenue Church of Christ. She loved teaching children’s Bible school, and did so well into her 80’s. Mrs. Lewis enjoyed sewing, decorating cakes, cooking, and doing arts and crafts. She loved children, and enjoyed taking care of her family. She especially loved spending time with her family.
Mrs. Lewis was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, G.A. Lewis, Jr.; one son, George Allen Lewis; five brothers, Samuel Darby, Colonel Harry Darby, Richard Darby, Ray Darby, and Bobby Darby; and one sister, Lora Crowder.
She is survived by one son, Tommy Lee Lewis of Newport; one daughter, Mary Ellen Koettel and husband, Ocon of North Little Rock; one brother, Julius Darby of Wichita, Kansas; four grandchildren, Rachel Gleason and husband, Daryl, Lindsey Lewis, Katie Lewis, and Madeline Lewis; and three great-grandchildren, Kristofer , Kyra, and Kaylee Gleason.
Friends may visit at the funeral home, beginning Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Jackson’s Newport Funeral Home Chapel, with interment at Remmel-McCall Cemetery.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers Tommy Lewis, Ocon Koettel, Daryl Gleason, Kristofer Gleason, Kerry Rice, and John Nance.
Arrangements by Jackson’s Newport Funeral Home.
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