Leonard Paul Lewis, 90, departed this life June 27, 2021 in Three Forks, Montana. Born in Bevier, Kentucky in 1931, he worked at Western Electric in Chicago for many years. He was an automotive mechanic in Missouri for 35 years and owned L and L Pest Control in Missouri for 11 years. He was an avid bee keeper, and taught elementary school children about bees in Kansas City, Mo. and sent each child home with a two pound jar of honey. He served in the United States Air Force, and attended Bevier Cleaton elementary school and Drakesboro high school. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Tishia Lewis, of Bevier; brothers Kenneth and Donald Lewis; sisters Virginia Anderson, Clara Belle Williams, and Betty Jo Lewis, and his son Leonard Paul Lewis, Jr.
Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Dorothy Lewis; sons John Mark (Martha) Lewis of Missouri, William Alan Lewis of New Mexico; daughter Desiree (Matt) Lewis Baker of Montana, and daughter In-law Violet Lewis of Kansas; sister Barbara June Lewis Cargill of Old Fort, Tenn. and many nephews and nieces; 12 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren, and 8 great-great-grandchildren.
Memorial will be held Saturday, July 3, 2021 at K & L mortuary in Three Forks, Montana and on July 5, 2021 at Bethel Baptist church located at 416 Highway 13 in Warrensburg. Burial will be Monday, July 5, 2021 at Otterville IOOF Cemetery in Otterville with a 21 gun salute by veterans.
