Philip Aaron Lewis Obituary

Mr. Philip Aaron Lewis, 88, of Port St. Joe passed away Wednesday night, July 15, 2009 in a Panama City Hospital. He was born in Belle Isle, FL located in what is now Tyndall Air Force Base. His family moved to Port St. Joe in 1925 where he spent the rest of his life. He worked in the Wainwright Shipyard before serving in the Army during WWII in General Patton’s 3rd Army.

Mr. Lewis retired from Arizona Chemical Company after 29 years and he received awards from the Chemical Workers Union for 28 years of service and from SC Corporation for 25 years of service. He was a hard worker all through his life and had a number of business ventures besides his job. He was a member of Long Avenue Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Nettie Sue Lewis, a son, Philip Aaron Lewis, Jr., a daughter, Phyllis Marie Johnson, and a granddaughter, Monica LaNora Padgett.

Survivors include his daughter, Peggy Lewis Hammond of Port St. Joe; grandchildren, DeWayne Johnson, Brenda Johnson Clarke, David Johnson, Lynda Johnson, James Ashley Padgett III, Natalie Monique Hammond; and a sister, Edna Lee Grubbs of Sarasota.

Funeral services were held Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 3 p.m. EDT at Long Avenue Baptist Church in Port St. Joe with the Rev. David Odum officiating. The family received friends for one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment followed in Holly Hill Cemetery.

All services are under the direction of the Comforter Funeral Home.