Personal Life
Lewis is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.. He has a son named John-Miles and a wife named Lillian. He also has a deaf brother named Edward. He has other siblings such as his brothers Grant, Freddie, Sammy, Adolph, and William. He also has three sisters named Ethel, Rosa, and Ora. He grew up in Pike County, Alabama. He was in the middle of a tornado at age 4 with 14 other children that were his cousins. He had only seen 2 white people in his life until age 6. The church he attended was attacked by the Ku Klux Klan in 1904.
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