Cemeteries beginning with “L”

LARKIN LEWIS CEMETERY - Smilax

1. Johnnie Horne, Navy WW ll

2. William Nickels Lewis, Jr. U S Coast Guard

3. **William Pennington, WW l

4. Bill Sizemore, WW ll

5. Bud Williams, WW ll

LEVI BRANCH CEMETERY - Smilax

1. **Johnny Day, WW ll

2. Robert Hall, WW l

3. Edward Calfee Lewis, WW ll

4. James David Lewis, (1965 - 2022) WW II Navy

LEWIS FAMILY CEMETERY on Hurricane

1. **Rufus Fugate, Navy

2. Abijah “ Bige” Lewis

3. Lillie Lewis, KY PVT 68 Field Artillery WW l

LAUREL FORK CEMETERY - Rockhouse

1. **Gary Wayne Lewis, Navy

2. Burl Morgan, Navy WW ll

3. McKinley Morgan, Army WW ll

4. Clayton Napier, Army

5. Hamp Napier, Army WW ll

6. **Julius W. Record, Army WW ll

7. David Edward Roberts, Army Vietnam

8. Harry T. J. Bell, Army Korea

FELIX or DEWEY LEWIS CEMETERY - Yeaddiss

1. Davis Adams, PVT, KY 319 INF. 80 Div. WW ll. KIA

2. Toy Adams, PVT Co E 114 Ammunition TN WW l

3. Henry Carlton, Army WW l

4. Edison Coots, SGT, Army Korea

5. SGT Riley Hendrix, Co D, 1 Pioneer Inf, WW l

6. SGT Johnie Joseph, Jr. Co , 77 Tank Division, Purple Heart

7. **Reason Joseph, (1836-1928) Co 64, VA MID INF, CSA

8. **Corbin Lewis, KIA 52 C, USNR WW ll KIA

9. George Turner, Army, WW ll, Purple Heart

10. Herman Lewis, (1926 - 1972)

**CORBIN LEWIS (1923-1944), KILLED IN ACTION, KAMIKAZE ATTACK ON THE USS NASHVILLE, WORLD WAR II.

Almost 3 months of being received on board the U.S.S NASHVILLE on the 13 December 1944, Corbin was Killed In Action on board the USS NASHVILLE, when the ship was attacked by a Japanese Kamikaze plane, resulting in explosions, fires and a fight to save the ship and each other.

The USS NASHVILLE was struck by a kamikaze off Negros Island. The aircraft crashed into her port 5-inch mount, both bombs exploding about 10 feet off the deck. Gasoline fires and exploding ammunition made her midships area an inferno, but although 133 were killed and 190 wounded, her remaining 5-inch guns continued to provide antiaircraft cover.” Source: historycentral.com.

NEWSPAPER CLIPPING: “Test of Men Nobly Met When Big Cruiser Is Hit” by Murlin Spencer, Aboard Adm. Stuble’s Flagship, Dec 13. (Delayed) (AP). “A shattering explosion staggers the cruiser, NASHVILLE ... and flames leap skyward, trailing a dense cloud of black smoke ... a Japanese bomber ... crashes into the number one stack just aft of the bridge ... a suicide crash.”

JAMES T. LEWIS CEMETERY - Wooten

1. **James T. Lewis, Revolutionary War. b. 8/9/1736. d. 9/1/1825

2. William Dixon, Sr., 1860-1936. CPTL Spanish-American War

3. Chester A. Dixon, 1892-1990, Sup. SGT , Army WW l

4. Elmer Dixon, 1894-1928, Co Commander AEF WW I

** American Revolution Veteran

James Theophilus Lewis Sr. was the son of Nathaniel Lewis and Elvira Helton. James was born August 9, 1736 in Wales, United Kingdom, and died September 1, 1825 in Cutshin, Leslie County, Kentucky. He married first Elvira Griffin Bef. 1771 in Perry County, Kentucky. He married second Winnetrey Henson Bet. 1774 - 1780 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. James Theophilus Lewis Sr. is buried in the John Lewis C Cemetery, Cutshin Rd, Leslie County Kentucky. He served in the North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War and brought his family to Kentucky in 1810.

LEWIS - CHAPPELL CEMETERY - Hyden

1. **Clarence Baker, WWII

2. **Gene Doyle (Doc) Bowling, WWII

3. Albert Brewer Jr.

4. **Earnest Harold Dixon, KIA POW WWII

5. Robert Lee Dixon, WWII

6. Edmond Feltner, Army WWII

7. Edward Feither, WWII

8. Burley Lawson, USMC WWII

9. **John “Boss” Lewis, (1828-1910) 47 KY INF

10. Edward Roark, WWI

11. Guy O. Ray, WWI

12. **Ray Roberts

13. **Rodrick Roberts

14. Billy Sizemore

15. Walter L. Sizemore, Korea

16. **Stanley Chappell, Army

Dr. John “Boss” Lewis - 1st Registered Dr. In Hyden

Earnest Harold Dixon, PVT Coast Guard, WW ll

PVT Dixon was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands in December 1944. He was boarded onto one of the “Hell Ships” for transport to Japan. The ship came under attack from American planes on December 14, 1944. As evening approached, the attack was called off. The next day, the planes returned and continued the attack . The ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands on December 15, 1944. PVT Dixon was killed during the attack on the ship. The information the family was given from DoD said PVT Dixon was killed while escaping from the ship. His body was never recovered. There is a military marker in the family cemetery in his memory.