[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN MEMORY OF CHARLES LEGRAND LEWIS

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. CORRINE BROWN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 29, 2010

  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise at this time to 
honor the life of Charles Legrand Lewis. He was the father of a former 
Military Fellow in my office and current Army Lieutenant Colonel, 
Patrick Lewis. His father, Charles Legrand Lewis, at age 69, of 
Oceanside, California, died peacefully, Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Tri-
City Medical Center, Oceanside, California, surrounded by his family.
  He was born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, on March 9, 1941, to 
the late Charlie Roundtree and Ada Mervell Lewis. Also preceding him in 
death was his brother, Harold Lewis.
  Legrand, as he was known, graduated from Frederick Douglass High 
School in Baltimore, Maryland class of 1959, where he was an avid 
trumpet player in the school band. After graduation he attended a 
printing apprenticeship program at Westinghouse in Baltimore, where he 
began his 45-year commercial photographer career in the printing 
industry.
  Legrand's career lead him to New York where he met his wife of over 
40 years Bernice Lewis, of Wilson, North Carolina. They later moved to 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and then Willingboro, New Jersey, where they 
raised two children until they moved to Oceanside, California, where 
they prepared for retirement.
  After retirement Legrand enjoyed wearing baseball caps and driving 
his convertible top down, no matter how cold or hot it was. He enjoyed 
his family and friends and was affectionately known as ``Pop Pop'' by 
his grandchildren. He also enjoyed meeting and sharing life stories 
with everyone he met. He always told a good story and was a kind and 
gentle man. He will be missed greatly by his family and everyone who 
knew him.
  Legrand is survived by his wife, Bernice Lewis; brother, Frank Lewis, 
Baltimore, MD; sister Candy Woingust, Baltimore, MD; four children (two 
children from previous marriage), son, Andre Whitt, Los Angeles, CA; 
daughter, Lavern Whitt, Los Angeles, CA; son Patrick Lewis, Lorton, VA; 
daughter Stephanie Lewis, Philadelphia, PA; seven grandchildren; 
Jasmine Lewis, Dominque Lewis, Jade Lewis, Taj Whitt, Tyler Whitt, 
Freedom Lewis, Victorie Lewis; one great grandchild, J'leigh Lewis, and 
a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.