Wednesday, May 26, 2010

By MORRIS STEPHENSON – Staff Writer – Franklin News Post

Owen Lewis, a 40-year-old Rocky Mount volunteer firefighter, lost his battle with cancer Sunday evening.

Lewis died just over a month after local residents generously responded with the biggest yard sale fundraiser ever held in Rocky Mount. Items donated for the sale filled all the bays of the fire station.

More than $15,000 was raised to assist the family with medical bills.

The Rocky Mount Volunteer Fire Department, of which Lewis was a member for 16 years and served as chaplain, held the fundraiser April 17 at the fire station on North Main Street.

Lewis, his wife, Rachel, and children, Issac, 13; Amber, 11; Isabella, 10; and Andrew, 8, attended the event.

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