Audrey Ferguson Lewis

She was born on December 6, 1929 in Mt. Vernon, NY, to the late Daisy Isabelle Canniff and Roger Williams Ferguson.

She graduated from A.B. Davis High School in Mt. Vernon and worked briefly for Guenungs of Mt. Vernon. She married her sweetheart Jere L. Lewis and they celebrated 65 years together on April 4th of this year.

Surviving in addition to her husband are three children, Melody Bartholomew Lewis, Lorie Lewis Cotton (Tom) and Kirk Ferguson Lewis; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She will be remembered by her family as a loving and dedicated wife, mother and “Nan” to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also surviving is her sister, Ruth Punchard (Dan) and family of Rockland, MA; and a nephew, Roger Carson of Bronxville, NY. She is preceded in death by a sister, Janet Sears Linton.

Audrey was a former member of Church of the Good Shepherd where she was a member and Past President of the Shepherds. For the past 28 years she had been a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.  She was a devoted member of the Altar Guild for 20 years.  Audrey had been a member of the Hanover Lioness Club and served as President as well. Because of her love for little children, she served at several pre-schools as a Teacher’s Aide including Winter Park Preschool, Creative World and the Montessori School.

A memorial service has been rescheduled for 11:00 am Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St., Wilmington, NC 28401. The family will receive friends in the Parish Hall afterwards.

In lieu of flowers please send memorials to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 16 N. 16th St. Wilmington, NC 28401 or Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 1406 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401 or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142 Memphis, TN 38148-0142.