- Date Of Birth: December 11, 1959
- Date Of Death: September 4, 2022
- State: North Carolina
Phyllis Whitfield Lewis, age 62, of Mount Olive, passed away at Wayne Memorial Hospital on Sunday, September 4, 2022 surrounded by her family. She was born on December 11,1959 to James G. (J.G.) and Hetty Murphy Whitfield. Mrs. Lewis was a loving, supportive wife, mother, “Mimi,” daughter, aunt, and sister, as well as an accomplished and talented pianist.
Mrs. Lewis was an accountant and spent 22 years working as the accountant to Best Gas and Grill as well as the many other companies that were part of Best Machinery. She attended Thunder Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church but also served many churches in the area as Music Director and/or Pianist.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by her husband, Rex, daughter Kymmy Shadle, her granddaughters, Savannah, Isabelle, Emma and Dakota, a son-in-law, James Shadle, her sister, Angela Whitfield Britt, twin nephews, John Whitfield Britt and James Livingston Britt, special and dear friends, Ray and Wanda Best, a sister-in-law, Margaret Lee Lewis of Wrightsville Beach, NC, a brother-in-law and his wife, Ellis Ray and Barbara Lewis of Newton Grove; as well as a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends whom she loved so much.
Phyllis was predeceased by her son and “baby boy,” Joey Weeks, her parents, J.G. and Hetty Whitfield, her maternal grandparents, Harvey and Ruth King Murphy, her paternal grandparents, Albert and Ella Mae Hudson Whitfield, her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Buck and Isabelle Lewis and a brother-in-law Jerry U. Britt.
