Lewis, Franklin Eugene

Lewis, Franklin Eugene

Former Alabama pastor dies

Franklin Eugene “Gene” Lewis, former pastor of Stamp Baptist Church, Valley Head, died Dec. 5. He served Stamp Baptist in the 1970s.

An Air Force veteran, Lewis served 58 years in the ministry, leading churches in Tennessee and Georgia. At the time of his death, he was serving as pastor of Caperton’s Chapel Baptist Church, an independent church in Flat Rock.

Lewis was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis. He is survived by three children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. (TAB)