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CLIPPING SERVICE 1115 HILLSBORO RAL EI GH, NC 27603 TEL . (919)833-2079 · DA1L Y ADVANCf ~~B: T~ TY, N. C ~ 0-~· 8 8 Staff photo by Gary Nichols Walter Lee Lewis, a retired Baptist minister forced out of hia home 13 months ago, has come home at last. Bapti t preacher finds home By GARY NICHOLS StaffWrller GRANDY - Walter Lee Lewis, a retired Baptist minister forced out of his home 1'l months ago, has come home t Th day n er stmas, friends h IA! · moved rom the Walnut l nd I.el and urant into his new home , a singl -wide mobile born. Th person," said Heaton, "He's set in bis ways and ls used to being indepen- dent. "Mr. Lewis didn't like they way they were feeding him," Heaton added. Lewis had been transferred from nursing home to nuraing home. When be decided to leave his last home, they told him be couldn't return. "I figured if I had to give them all my money for soup," Lewis said, "I could eat soup and take my medicines at home." H CXIJICClA~ to hom 1 for no longer than n w . During Thanksgiving, be was tum cut of friend's house and forced to mov nto the Walnut Island Motel and Restau- rant Lewis ls thankful for the generollity shown him . "Mr. Don (Heaton) helped me out whole heap," said Le- w. "I ain't never had no trouble be- fore" Trouble or not, residents have helped with contributions of clothing, money, strong backs and helping The employees of the Walnut Island Motel and Restaurant, where he lived for 42 days, bought him a tree and decorated it so he would have some- thing of Christmas to call his own. Students from Elizabeth City State University cleared the lot of brush and trees. Friends cleaned the used trailer, making it into a home for him. "The trailer isn't a gift,'' said Heaton. The American Red Cross loaned him money fo r bis down pay ment o! $5,000 "Mr. 1 Is paywg off the loan with hi: social security, ' Heaton Sl id. n come loget r, 11 could easily hn v Lewis' trouh! ar not w yet. He is m need of money, beddin , and clothing. Lewis has only two blank ts. The heater in his mobile home works spo- radically ; be does not welcome the cold mid-winter weather. The 42 days be stayed at the motel were rented at a reduc rate. Th meals w re a gift from the restau- rant, but the motel bill remainl out"

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Page 1: CLIPPING SERVICE 1115 HILLSBORO RAL IGH, C 27603 TEL. … · 2018. 9. 18. · CLIPPING SERVICE 1115 HILLSBORO RAL IGH, C 27603 TEL. (919)833-2079 · DA1L Y ADVANCf ~~~ TY, N. C ·

CLIPPING SERVICE 1115 HILLSBORO

RALEIGH, NC 27603 TEL. (919)833-2079

· DA1L Y ADVANCf

~~B: T~ TY, N. C

~ 0-~· 8 8

Staff photo by Gary Nichols

Walter Lee Lewis, a retired Baptist minister forced out of hia home 13 months ago, has come home at last.

Bapti t preacher finds home By GARY NICHOLS StaffWrller

GRANDY - Walter Lee Lewis, a retired Baptist minister forced out of his home 1'l months ago, has come home t

Th day ner stmas, friends h IA! · moved rom the Walnut l nd I.el and urant into his new home , a singl -wide mobile born.

Th

person," said Heaton, "He's set in bis ways and ls used to being indepen-dent.

"Mr. Lewis didn't like they way they were feeding him," Heaton added.

Lewis had been transferred from nursing home to nuraing home. When be decided to leave his last home, they told him be couldn't return.

"I figured if I had to give them all my money for soup," Lewis said, "I could eat soup and take my medicines at home."

H CXIJICClA~ to hom 1 for no longer than n w . During Thanksgiving, be was tum cut of friend's house and forced to mov nto the Walnut Island Motel and Restau-rant

Lewis ls thankful for the generollity shown him. "Mr. Don (Heaton) helped me out whole heap," said Le-w. "I ain't never had no trouble be-fore"

Trouble or not, residents have helped with contributions of clothing, money, strong backs and helping

The employees of the Walnut Island Motel and Restaurant, where he lived for 42 days, bought him a tree and decorated it so he would have some-thing of Christmas to call his own.

Students from Elizabeth City State University cleared the lot of brush and trees. Friends cleaned the used trailer, making it into a home for him.

"The trailer isn't a gift,'' said Heaton. The American Red Cross loaned him money for bis down pay ment o! $5,000 "Mr. 1 Is paywg off the loan with hi: social security, ' Heaton Sl id.

n come loget r, 11

could easily hn v Lewis' trouh! ar not w

yet. He is m need of money, beddin , and clothing.

Lewis has only two blank ts. The heater in his mobile home works spo-radically ; be does not welcome the cold mid-winter weather.

The 42 days be stayed at the motel were rented at a reduc rate. Th meals w re a gift from the restau-rant, but the motel bill remainl out"