Lalia Lewis

Submitted By jev0010 on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 1:10pm
Lalia Mae Lewis, former physical education faculty member, died Dec. 17 in Mabank. Lewis joined North Texas in 1961 as an assistant professor of physical education. She taught at Texas high schools in Electra and Wharton and, during World War II, worked in Hawaii and the Philippines as an entertainment organizer with the USO. After the war, she taught at the Peck School in Morristown, N.J., and for 12 years was a teacher and camp director for refugee children at Goddard Neighborhood Center in New York City. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Texas Woman’s University and a master’s from Columbia University. In her youth, she and her brother entertained at rodeos as trick riders, and she also played on the Walk-Over Shoe Co. Pro-Women's basketball team in Fort Worth. As a senior at Athens High School, she organized the women's volleyball and basketball programs. She enjoyed traveling all over the world and retired to her family's home in Eustace. She was 98.

Lalia Mae Lewis, former physical education faculty member, died Dec. 17 in Mabank. Lewis joined North Texas in 1961 as an assistant professor of physical education. She taught at Texas high schools in Electra and Wharton and, during World War II, worked in Hawaii and the Philippines as an entertainment organizer with the USO. After the war, she taught at the Peck School in Morristown, N.J., and for 12 years was a teacher and camp director for refugee children at Goddard Neighborhood Center in New York City. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Texas Woman’s University and a master’s from Columbia University. In her youth, she and her brother entertained at rodeos as trick riders, and she also played on the Walk-Over Shoe Co. Pro-Women's basketball team in Fort Worth. As a senior at Athens High School, she organized the women's volleyball and basketball programs. She enjoyed traveling all over the world and retired to her family's home in Eustace. She was 98.

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