Bill Text: PA HR70 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Expressing condolences and appreciation of the life of former Chief of Police Deacon Floyd C. Lewis, III, who passed away January 15, 2013.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-02-12 - Adopted (198-0) [HR70 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2013-HR70-Introduced.html

---

PRINTER'S NO. 536

 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No.

70

Session of 2013

 

 

 

INTRODUCED BY KIRKLAND, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

 

 

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

 

 

 

A RESOLUTION

 

Expressing condolences and appreciation of the life of former
Chief of Police Deacon Floyd C. Lewis, III, who passed away
January 15, 2013.

WHEREAS, Floyd C. Lewis, III, the son of the late Floyd C.
Lewis, II, and Frances F. Whittington, was born in Chester
Hospital, Chester, Pennsylvania; and 

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was a long-time Chester resident and the
oldest of five children; and 

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was educated through the Chester High
System and graduated from Chester High School; and 

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis held degrees from Cheyney University of
Pennsylvania and The Pennsylvania State University; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was a substitute teacher at his Alma
Mater, Chester High School; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis followed in his father's footsteps, by
joining the City of Chester Police Department as a patrolman in
1973; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was promoted to Patrol Sergeant in 1995,

and then transferred to the Detective Division as Detective
Sergeant a year later; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was promoted to Patrol Major in June
1999 and was named Deputy Police Chief in 2006; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was named Police Chief in 2008, a
position he held for two years; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was known as an excellent leader who was
supportive of his officers and was caring of his community; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was low-key, usually not liking to be
honored for the things he did, yet he was honored among fellow
Omega Psi Phi, William Penn Elementary School and Masjid
Muskateen members; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis knew the Lord at an early age, he was
taken to Zion Baptist Church as a child by "Nanny," the late
Nellie Laws, his paternal grandmother; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis joined the Community Baptist Church,
where he eventually became Deacon and the Vice Chairman of the
Trustee Board; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was a longtime member of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Epsilon Pi Chapter and was a past treasurer of the
Fraternal Order of Police; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis was preceded in death by his father,
Floyd Lewis, II, and his grandmother, Nellie Laws; and

WHEREAS, Chief Lewis is survived by his wife, Sonya, five
siblings, Frances Lewis, Kendall Laws and Joseph Willington of
Chester, LaNelle Edwards (Joseph) of Raleigh, North Carolina,
Robert Laws (Edyth) of Boothwyn, mother Frances Whittington,
children Floyd Lewis, IV, (Cheryl) of New Castle, Delaware,
Tisha Wingfield (Calvin) of Northeast Philadelphia, Jamille
Riggs (Erica), Chester, a great uncle Harry Morgan of Georgia, a

great aunt Ida Willoughby of New Jersey, and seven grandchildren
and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and close friends;
therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize former
Chief of Police Deacon Floyd C. Lewis, III, and his life as a
leader in law enforcement, an active presence in his community
and church and a man of respect, who was a vital part of the
history and the City of Chester, Pennsylvania.