Dateline: February 22, 2007

David Wayne Lewis, 49, died Monday, February 12, 2007, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Services were held Friday, February 16, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Panhandle with Rev. Jeff Matsler, pastor officiating. Interment was held at Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon under the direction of Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Panhandle.

Mr. Lewis was born on January 18, 1958, in Clarendon. He had been a Panhandle resident for 25 years. He married Jackie Donaldson on June 30, 1978, in Allison, Texas. He was a firearms instructor for Wackenhut Services, Inc. He loved roping and golf and was a master at smoking and barbecuing.

Mr. Lewis was preceded in death by his mother, Ruth Roberts Lewis in November, 2005.