John Lewis Heath

Background

Heath, John Lewis was born on July 16, 1936 in Snow Hill, North Carolina, United States. Son of Roy Andrew and Nancy Gertrude (Worthington) Heath.

Education

Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1957.

Career

Sports reporter, Daily Times News, Burlington, North Carolina, 1957-1958; national advertising manager, The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1963-1973; public, The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina., 1973-1979; public, The Beaufort (South Carolina.) Gazette, since 1975. Member of advisory board Bank of Beaufort, 1979-1982, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, 1980-1984, Lowcountry Boy Scouts, Beaufort, 1976-1978.

Achievements

• John Lewis Heath has been listed as a noteworthy publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, chairman United Way, 1979-1980. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1958-1962. Member Public Education Foundation (vice president 1988-1990), South Carolina.

Press Association (president 1993-1994), South Carolina. Press Foundation (board directors, president since 1997), Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation (founding director 1986-1990), Rotary (Paul Harris fellow).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, music.

Connections

Married Johnnie Ann Seymour, February 26, 1966. 1 child, John Lewis Junior.

Father:

Roy Andrew Heath

Mother:

Nancy Gertrude (Worthington) Heath

Spouse:

Johnnie Ann Seymour

child:

John Lewis Junior Heath