Mary Lewis

MARY RILEY LEWIS (MIMI), AGE 90, A RESIDENT OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA

FOR 59 YEARS, PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024.

BORN MARCH 5, 1934 IN URIAH, ALABAMA, AND LATER MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO MOBILE, ALABAMA.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, VERNON J. RILEY AND BESSIE L. (CUMBIE) RILEY; DAUGHTER, CYNTHIA RENEE (STEELREATH) GARRISON; HUSBAND, BILLY JACK LEWIS; GRANDSON, PAUL RICHARD STEELREATH; BROTHERS, MYLES RILEY AND WILLIAM (BILL) RILEY; SISTER, ELISABETH (BETTY) BLACKWELL; BROTHER-IN-LAW, CHARLES (ROCKY) BLACKWELL; NEPHEWS, CHARLES (BOBBY) BLACKWELL AND DAVID BLACKWELL.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY A SON, RICHARD VICTOR STEELREATH; GRANDSON, SEAN VICTOR STEELREATH; GREAT GRANDSON, COOPER SCOTT STEELREATH; GRAND

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, SAMANTHA STEELREATH; GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, EMILY LAURIO, AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

A GRADUATE OF MOBILE, ALABAMA'S MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1952, WHERE SHE EXCELLED IN TYPING AND SHORTHAND, LATER PROVIDED A POSITION AT GULF POWER COMPANY IN FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA THAT SHE KEPT UNTIL RETIREMENT.

SHE WAS A GENEROUS, KIND, AND DEVOTED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT

GRANDMOTHER THAT WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED.

HER HOBBIES INCLUDED SOLITAIRE, CROSSWORDS, SUDOKU, BINGO, GARDENING, AND CROCHETING, WHICH INVOLVED A PATTERN SHE CREATED THAT WAS PURCHASED AND PUBLISHED IN A BOOK OF CROCHET PATTERNS, WHICH SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF.