Lewis M. Garner


Published/Last Modified on Thursday, November 13, 2008 4:52 PM EST

ROANOKE RAPIDS — Mr. Lewis M. Garner, 70, of 130 Morgan Drive, Roanoke Rapids, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, at his residence following a brief illness.
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Lewis was born in Halifax County and was the son of the late Edward J. Garner and Eleanor Taylor Garner. He formerly served in the United States Navy and was a truck driver in the logging industry.

Lewis is survived by his wife, Dorothy King Garner of the home; three daughters, Laura Garner of Norfolk, Va., Mary Bethel and her husband, Edward, of Ahoskie and Olivia Garner of Roanoke Rapids; one son, Lewis M. Garner Jr. of Norfolk; two stepsons, Kevin and Kerry Griffin and his fiancée, Carol Rockwell, of Roanoke Rapids; one brother, Thomas Earl Garner and his wife, Christine, of Gaston; one sister, Betty Garner of Roanoke Rapids; his grandchildren, Jordan Garner, Maggie Garner, Aaron Garner, Joey Spillane, Alyssa Daniels, Jalyn Daniels, Madelyn Bethel, Danielle Griffin, Jessica Hanson and Tyler Faircloth; and one great-grandson, Brantley Jenkins.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m., today, Nov. 12, at Wrenn, Clarke & Hagan Funeral and Cremation Service in Roanoke Rapids, which is handling the arrangements.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13, in the chapel of the funeral home, with Annie Marie Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery.

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