Jerald Leon (Bud) Lewis, 56, of DeFuniak Springs, FL died Feb. 2, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital in Chicago, IL.
Jerald was born in Chicago, IL on Feb. 26, 1949. At an early age, the family moved to DeFuniak Springs, where he joined Mt. Nebo Baptist Church and worked as an usher. He attended Tivoli High School and served an enlistment in the U.S. Army.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Climmie McNeal Lewis.
He is survived by his father, Frank Lewis Jr.; brothers, Frank III and wife, Debra, Jimmy and wife, Gracie, Michael and wife, Cheryl, Patrick and wife, Tonia; sisters, Mary, Patricia, Jacqueline, and Miriam; his children, Jerald Jr., Jason, Zanita and husband, Mark Kenyon, Douglas, , Nikilla and Joseph.
Burial will be in Chicago.
[Source: The DeFuniak Springs Herald, February 16, 2006, Page 7-B]
[Burial: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Illinois]