LEWIS PYATT, SR. September 22, 1947 – December 22, 2018 Share this obituary Send Flowers Upload Photo| View/Sign Guest Book| Send Private Condolences| Send Sympathy Card Wilds Funeral Home announces that funeral services for Mr. Lewis Pyatt, Sr. will be held on 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Plantersville Community, Georgetown. Mr. Pyatt died on Saturday, December 22, 2018 in Georgetown, South Carolina.
Order of Service 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 26, 2018 St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church Reverend Rubin Smalls, Pastor Prelude………………………………. ………………………Musician Processional Hymn #272………………………………“Pass Me Not” ~Final Viewing~ Hymn of Praise #381…………………………“There’s Not A Friend” Invocation………………………………………. Reverend Harry Lee Scripture Readings: Old Testament………Job 19: 25-29…………….
. Minister New Testament…. .
…II Corinthians 5: 1-7………Minister Solo……………………………………Azelea Pyatt, Granddaughter Remarks: Johnny Clark, Jr., Community Rachel Reddick, Family Class of 1967 Representative Solo………………………………………………………. Terry Prior Selection…………………………………………………………Choir Message of Hope………………. .
………………Reverend Rubin Smalls Recessional………………………………………. . Medley of Hymns Committal/Benediction/Interment St. Paul A.M.E. Church Cemetery, Plantersville Community Georgetown County, South Carolina In Loving Remembrance “Everyone must leave something behind when they die.
A child or a house or a wall built or a garden planted. Something your hand touched in some way so that your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that house or that garden you planted, or the children you’ve raised, you’re there. It doesn’t matter what you do, so as long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that resembles you after you take your hands away”.
On Saturday December 22, 2018 Lewis Pyatt closed his eyes to take his eternal rest. Lewis was born on September 22nd1947 in Georgetown, SC to the marital union of Mrs. Ethel Lee Harvey and Mr. Franklin Pyatt. Lewis never had an opportunity to know his maternal mother as she departed at an early age.
Lewis was also predeceased by his father Frank Pyatt. Lewis spent his childhood growing up on Nightingale Plantation just on the outskirts of Plantersville, SC. There, aside from developing an intense love for swimming, he would also learn the values that would help mold him into the man that he became.
Throughout his life Lewis maintained an intimate relationship with God with which he would use as a foundation to help guide him. Never will you meet a man who more faithfully lived his values. At an early age he joined Bethel A.M.E. Church in Plantersville, SC and then later he would also become a member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Plantersville, SC where he would frequent throughout his adulthood.
Lewis attended the public schools of Georgetown County and graduated from Choppee High in 1967. Always an excellent spokesman, Lewis developed an affinity for words that would often translate into beautifully penned letters or intellectual conversation. His flair for vocabulary was maintained over the years and would remain a staple of his personality.
While attending Choppee High he became fascinated with carpentry. Lewis would take this fascination and eventually hone his skills to become a Master carpenter. Lewis, mostly self-taught, would often reference David from the Bible because David possessed skillful hands.
He also attended School at Horry Georgetown Technical College where he studied trades such as carpentry, welding and plumbing. He used his gift of craftsmanship to impact and influence the surrounding communities while teaching others valuable skills along the way. Lewis was a teacher of all things.
His method was simple. He taught by example. Having possessed a strong work ethic, Lewis had varied work experiences.
However, none was he more passionate about than building. He was self-made and self-reliant. From his education to his career, from his skill with every kind of tool that could fashion wood or metal, brick or cement, Lewis engaged with the world as a man who was determined to master it.
Lewis relished the good things in life and enjoyed time spent fishing or with friends and family. You’ll know this to be true if you’ve ever sat outside in his wooded backyard as he called out the different species of birds by hearing their distinctive chirps or spent an hour or two with him cruising along Black river in his favorite boat or simply heard him utter the phrase “what’s up old boy”. Wise beyond his years, he understood that true wisdom meant never being too proud to weep or to grave to laugh or too selfish to seek other than himself.
This loving son, brother, husband and devoted father was a friend to many. On December 24th 1968 he was united in holy matrimony with his high school sweetheart and lifelong partner Miss Carrie Reddick. This union was blessed with five beautiful children, Lewis Anthony, Jr. (Tiffany), Craig Oneil, Samantha Lee (Stevie Simmons), Kimberly Aizia (Keith Pompey) and Eric Lamar (LaShonda) Pyatt.
They are all joined in the sadness of his passing by the following: nine grandchildren, Devin Pyatt, Payton Pyatt, Jazmine Pyatt, Azalea Pyatt, Craig Pyatt, Jr., Allayah Simmons, KaMaurie Pompey, Naja Pyatt and Eric Pyatt, Jr.; two great-grandchildren, William and Xavier; older brother, Sammy Pyatt (Mildred); sisters, Stephanie Pyatt and Emma Keith; daughter-in-law, Janie Pyatt; sisters-in-law, Mary Bromell (Harold), Regina Reddick, Patricia Brown (Boston), Lorraine McCall (Carlton); brothers-in law, Harry Reddick, Sr., Frankie Point, James Graham; uncle, Freddie Harvey; aunts, Annie Mae, Virginia, Lillian, Betty, Carolyn, and Louise; extended family members, Harvey Knox, Eric Brooks and family.
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