November 29, 2015
Dear Saints:
This correspondence comes to you at the request of the Adjutant General, Bishop Matthew Williams as per Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake. It is with great regret that I inform you of the passing of Mother Ruth Mason Lewis who was the last living child of our beloved founder, Bishop Charles Harrison Mason. The services for Mother Lewis will be as follows:
The Memorial Celebration of Mother Ruth Mason Lewis
Monday, December 7, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
The Celebration of the Life of Mother Ruth Mason Lewis
Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 10:00 a.m.
Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Eulogist
both services to be held at the:
Pentecostal Temple Institutional Church Of God In Christ
229 South Danny Thomas Boulevard – Memphis, Tennessee 38126
Bishop Charles H. M. Patterson, Sr., Pastor
Services are entrusted to:
R. S. Lewis Funeral Home
374 Vance Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38126
901.526.3264 (Office) / 901.526.3265 (Fax)
Website: www.rslewisandsonsfuneralhome.com
All expressions of kindness to the Family can be sent to the children
Robert "Bobby" Lewis and Dr. Sharon Lewis Rouse:
c/o 374 Vance Avenue – Memphis, Tennessee
The Adjutant General is requesting that all Bishops who will be attending the celebration held on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, please wear your "Class A" vestments. All National Adjutant brothers who will be serving, please wear your "Class A" vestments. National Adjutant sisters who will be serving, please wear your white habits. Let us be in prayer for the family during this most difficult time. If I can assist you further, please call me at 501.712.0048.
In His Service,
Bishop Robert G. Rudolph, Jr.
Scribe of the Adjutancy
Assistant General Secretary / Records & Archives
Church Of God In Christ, Inc.