EDWARDS — Willie L. Lewis Jr. died Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He was 75.

Mr. Lewis retired from International Paper and was a member of Friendship M.B. Church in Edwards.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Pearlean and Willie Lewis Sr.

He is survived by his wife, Norma Lewis of Edwards; two sons, Thomas T. Lewis and Marquis L. Lewis, both of Bakersfield, Calif.; two daughters, Nicole Marshall of Edwards and Dorothy G. Jones of Detroit; one sister, Verlean Holmes of Edwards; 17 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and aunts, uncles and other relatives.

Dillon-Chisley Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.