Jean Davis Lewis

Jean Davis Lewis, 95, of Morehead City passed away Saturday May 25, 2024, at home surrounded by loved ones.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, May 31, 2024 at St. Egbert Catholic Church in Morehead City with Father David Miller officiating. The service will be livestreamed on the Noe-Brooks Funeral Home Website. A light lunch will be served immediately following mass in the church hall. Burial will follow at Gethsemane Memorial Park in Newport. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Thursday at the Noe-Brooks Funeral Home of Morehead City.

Jean was a devoted mother to her seven children, Kathryn Lewis Wagner (Lee) of Morehead City, NC, Robert (Smokey) James Lewis (late wife Catherine) of Cherry Hill, NJ, Michael Joseph Lewis (Susan) of Hilton Head, SC, Gary Charles Lewis, (deceased), John Steven Lewis (Yong Hui) of Newport, NC, Paul Noel Lewis (Lisa) of Clayton, NC, Joyce Lewis Kohn (fiancé Scott Sullivan) of Raleigh, NC; Jean was a proud grandmother to, Helene Van Meter (Rob), and Sonya Ottens of Houston, Texas, Marc Lewis (Jen) of Butler, New Jersey, Christopher Lewis of Logan, Utah, Daniel Lewis, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Matthew Lewis and (Ashley), Newburgh, New York, James "Jimbo" Lewis (Alaina), Belair, Maryland,  Laura Lynn Foltz, Mt. Jackson, Virginia, Carter Lewis, Cameron Lewis, Anna Kate Lewis, Clayton, N. C., Joshua Kohn and Zachary Kohn, Raleigh, NC; great grandmother and great, great grandmother to, Hunter Lee Best, Houston, Texas, Kaili Ottens, Houston, Texas, Michael Lewis, Belair, Maryland, Sandra Lewis, Butler, New Jersey, J. J. Wilson, Brandon Wilson and Bryson Wilson, Mt. Jackson, Virginia; Jean was the BIG sister to Wilson White Davis (deceased), Sarah Carolyn Pugh (deceased), David Hughes, (Beaufort, N. C.) and Mary Ellen (Mel) Hughes, (Alexander, N. C.), and a special Aunt Jean to Sally Davis of Morehead City, N.C. and Larry Davis of Charlotte, N.C., Kate Short of Beaufort, N. C., and cousins Warren and Henry Davis (Beaufort, N.C), and many others.

Jean was born July 1, 1928, in Washington, D.C. to the late Lloyd Wood Davis of Cape Hatteras, N. C. and Helen Tastet Davis of Washington, D.C.  Jean was married to the late James Reginald Lewis, Jr of Clifton Forge, VA, for 62 years until his passing in 2009. They were married on February 15, 1948, at Nativity Chapel in Washington, D.C.

Jim was the love of her life, and their children find great comfort knowing that they are reunited and dancing the jitter bug once again.

Jean was a graduate of Coolidge High School, Washington, DC and Benjamin Franklin University, Washington, DC with a degree in accounting. Jean was a true trailblazer. In 1958, Jean joined the Census Bureau in Suitland, M.D., as a computer programmer/systems analyst. While at the Census Bureau, Jean was awarded many professional accolades, one notable award was the Federal Government Accountants Award for Budget Presentation

Systems and designed the first attempt at an Administrative Data Base at the Census Bureau. To be closer to family, most especially her mother and to escape the “rat race”, she finished out her career at Marine Corp Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C.

For a period of time after her retirement, Jim & Jean owned the Gourmet Galley Café a fine food and hospitable restaurant in Morehead City, N. C.

Jean truly enjoyed family get-togethers where she had the opportunity to practice her vast cooking skills. She relished the family beach weeks at Atlantic Beach, nothing made her happier than a noisy house full of family and friends. For several years, Jean generously donated her time to run the kitchen at St. Egbert’s during the Knights of Columbus weekly Bingo fundraiser and served as the volunteer accountant at St. Egbert’s School.

Jean will be truly missed by all that loved and knew her, she left this world a better place. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at Noe-Brooks Funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Jean’s honor to St. Egbert’s Church, 1706 Evans St, Morehead City, NC 28557, https://www.stegbertcatholicchurch.org/ or Broad Street Clinic, 534 N 35th St K, Morehead City, NC 28557, https://www.broadstreetclinic.org/

Condolences and life tributes may be sent to the family at www.noebrooks.net

Arrangements by Noe-Brooks Funeral Home, Morehead City, NC.