He passed away on July 17, 2020, at age 80.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(civil_rights_leader) Former President Barack Obama will give the eulogy. SW, Atlanta, until Sunday. John Lewis Cause of Death/Funeral. Trump to Meet with Congressional Black Caucus Members“When I married John, my best friend said, `You are so dumb going into this marriage that you don’t even know how much money he earns,'” Lewis told the paper. John Lewis’s funeral will be held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Former President Barack Obama will give the eulogy at U.S. Rep. John Lewis' funeral on Thursday, and former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. … John had announced his diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer on December 29, 2019. After that day, flowers should be sent to Ebenezer Baptist Church.—Staff writer Michelle E. Shaw contributed to this report.Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 407 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta.Funeral arrangements have been made for Lillian Miles Lewis, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, his office announced Wednesday.Written condolences can be sent to Rep. Lewis and his son, John Miles Lewis, at 2015 Wallace Road, Atlanta.The Lewises had been married 44 years. She played a pivotal role in the civil rights legend’s move into a political career and forged her own career as an educator.
Funeral arrangements have been made for Lillian Miles Lewis, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, his office announced Wednesday. Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty Kemp, leave the capital after a service for Rep. John Lewis lying in repose at the state capital, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Atlanta. “The U.S. Congress? A military honor guard moved the casket of Rep. John Lewis into Ebenezer Baptist Church for his funeral Thursday in Atlanta. John Lewis, a towering figure of the civil rights movement and longtime US congressman, sadly passed away after battling with cancer for six months. John Lewis was lauded as a warrior and a hero during a ceremony Wednesday at the Georgia Capitol, where the civil rights icon who represented much of …
No, capital N-O, exclamation point, so forth and so forth.”John Lewis Says He’d Describe Trump as ‘Racist’ to MLK Jr.CNN Films Announces Forthcoming John Lewis DocumentaryCopyright © 2019 EBONY Media Operations.Protests By Way of Absence Should Be Reserved for Non-Black Spaces He had shared, A military honour guard moves the casket of Rep. John Lewis into Ebenezer Baptist Church for his funeral Thursday in Atlanta. Flowers may be sent to Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, 1003 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. Lillian Miles Lewis, the “devoted wife” of Congressman John Lewis, D-Atlanta, has died, the civil rights icon’s office said today in a statement. They met at a 1967 New Year’s Eve party. Late on the night of Monday, April 8, 1968, John Lewis, then an organizer on Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, accompanied the candidate and his wife, Ethel, to …