Live Breaking News & Updates on Jessej Lewis Associates
Stay updated with breaking news from Jessej lewis associates. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Legendary businessman Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. smoothly makes the 20-minute drive from Birmingham’s historic Smithfield neighborhood, where he lives, to the Roebuck Municipal Golf Course on a chilly late January morning, two weeks after his 96th birthday. Once at the course which he leases from the city of Birmingham, one of his numerous business endeavors he cranks up one of the golf carts, loads his bag of clubs and drivers, and heads to a nearby hole where he puts his ball-striking skills on display. It doesn’t take long for him or the cold winter sun to warm up. Soon the man known as “Doc” is sinking putt after putt with the ease of a professional tournament champion. ....
Alabama’s Jesse Lewis Sr. has seen and made nearly a century of history By Bob Blalock February 2, 2021 Jesse J. Lewis Sr. has had an amazing life and is able to offer great insights into social justice and other issues. (file) Jesse J. Lewis Sr. has lived almost a century of history and, along the way, made some of his own. Born Jan. 3, 1925, Lewis last month celebrated his 96 th birthday. He grew up in the Great Depression, dropped out of high school, served under Gen. George Patton in World War II, suffered through the racial hatred of Jim Crow and the civil rights era, became a serial entrepreneur, earned five academic degrees, served in the cabinet of one of Alabama’s most controversial politicians, spent a decade as a college president and this past year witnessed a deadly pandemic unlike anything he has seen while watching the social justice movement unfold. ....