Background
Sr., James Ross Lewis was born on September 12, 1919 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Eugene Buckingham Lewis and Alma (Galletin) Yowell.
Sr., James Ross Lewis was born on September 12, 1919 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Eugene Buckingham Lewis and Alma (Galletin) Yowell.
Bachelor of Science, M.C.V. School Pharmacy, 1943.
Assistant manager, Peoples Drug Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1946-1948; manager, Hughes Drug, Ashland, Virginia, 1948-1953; field representative, Hoffman-La Roche laboratories, 1953-1958; owner, Hudgins Durg-Surgical Supply, Mathews, Virginia, 1958-1985. Board directors Chesapeake Finance Shares, Chesapeake Mortgage Company, ChesapeakeTitle Insurance Company.
Appointee by Governor of Virginia Volunteer Formulary Board. Deacon Ashland Presbyterian Church, 1945-1958. Member Presbyterian Church, Gloucester, Virginia Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1957, PTO. Fellow American College Apothecaries.
Member National Association Real Estate Appraisers(certified 1988), American Pharm Association, Reserve Officers Association, United States Navy League, Virginia Pharmaceutical Association, Chesapeake Pharmacist Association (president 1963), Mathews(Virginia) Chamber of Commerce, Mathews Yacht Club (board directors 1980-1984), Mathews Ruritan Club (president 1979-1980).
Married Ann Louise Guthrie, September 22, 1943 (deceased September 1993). Children: Dorothy Ann, James Ross, Cynthia Lee.