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MS. Melinda Faye Lewis
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Ms. Lewis, 41, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2025 at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson, MS. She was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends, watching the New Orleans Saints, cooking, exercising, fishing, playing cards, volleyball and most of all, singing.
Ms. Lewis is preceded in death by her husband, Truman Lewis, Jr.; mother, Pamela Stoliby; grandparents, Melvina and Fred Stoliby, Sr., Selma and Winford Denson.
Survivors include daughters, Destiny Lewis, Malanie Lewis, Summer Lewis; sons, Deon Lewis, Truman Lewis, III, Hunter Lewis, Zander Lewis; father, Eric Denson; sister, Nita Cotton; brother, Cody Stoliby; nephews, Kenaric Cotton, Haston Stoliby, Callum Stoliby; uncles, Abe Stoliby, Jonathan Denson.
Pallbearers are Cameron Frazier, Kodin Mingo, Benjamin Farve, Kyle Wesley, Lorenzo Ben, Zabian Tubby. Honorary pallbearers are Mario Stephens and Joseph Lewis.
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