Ellen Marie (Garner) Lewis

                                                Ellen Marie (Garner) Lewis

1926 - 2011

Former Armstrong resident, Ellen Marie (Garner) Lewis passed away at Boone Hospital in Columbia on April 26, 2011. She was 84.

Marie was born in Fount, Kentucky on May 1, 1926 to Alex and Areny Jordan Engle. She married James Garner on March 10, 1945 and he preceded her in death October 2, 1986. On July 9, 1988, Marie married Donald Lewis in Armstrong.

Marie was currently a member of Woodville Baptist Church in Macon, and she was previously a member of the Armstrong Baptist Church for over 50 years. She loved flowers, especially violets, and enjoyed gardening when she was able. Marie truly cherished her family. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother.

She is survived by her husband Donald of Macon, two daughters, Donna (Don) Bradley of Mesa, AZ and Diana (Don) Bartholomew of Armstrong, four step-children, James and Paul Lewis, Sabrina Mudd and Mary Wilson, two sisters, Lois Trester of Armstrong and Henrietta Thompson of Mount Rose, CO. She is also survived by five grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. Besides her parents and husband James, Marie was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Carolyn Ann, and five brothers, Arnold, Hubert, Earl, Ancel, and Frank.

Services for Mrs. Lewis are 11 AM, Friday, April 29 at the Armstrong Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Brant officiating. A Visitation will be held the evening before the service from 6-8 PM at Friemonth-Freese Funeral Home in Fayette. Burial will follow the service at Walnut Hill Cemetery with Neil Nelson, Richie Lyon, Travis Gregory, Scott Bartholomew, and James and Paul Lewis serving as pallbearers.

Memorials are suggest to Armstrong Baptist Church or Walnut Hill Cemetery in care of Friemonth-Freese Funeral Service, 174 Hwy 5 & 240 N., Fayette, MO 65248.