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Samuel S. Lee
1925 – 2012
Sam Lee was born November 3, 1925 in Korea. He entered the
ministry in 1957 in the Korean Methodist church. He served
Korean congregations in Korea and Florida before transferring
into the North Carolina Conference in 1992. He retired in
1994, and the last church he served was Fayetteville United
Methodist Korean Church.
His funeral was held in Downey, California by Rev. Joseph S.
Paik. He was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier,
California.
He is survived by his children James, Brian and Charles Lee all from Los Angeles, CA.
Additional family members from Korea whom Samuel is survived by are Myung-Gee, Moon-
Gee and Monica Lee all from Seoul, Korea.
He has served God throughout his life as a pastor at the United Methodist churches in Korea
and Korean communities in the U.S. and as a professor at the United Methodist Theological
Seminary in Korea.
– Charles C. Lee
Martha Phillips Lewis
1949-2011
Born Martha Claire Phillips April 8, 1949 in Camden, New
Jersey.
Died Oct 26, 2011 at Duke Medical Center Hospice Facility in
Durham, N.C., after a five year battle with breast cancer.
She had served as pastor at Pollocksville UMC and was the
pastor at Campbell’s Creek UMC in Aurora, N.C. until her
medical condition forced her to give up that appointment.
Funeral Service was Oct 29, 2011 at 11:00 am at Pollocksville
United Methodist Church in Pollocksville, N.C. with Rev. Diane LeBlanc and New Bern
District Superintendent Reverend Dennis Goodwin officiating.
Burial Service and interment was Oct 29, 2011 at 2:30 pm at her home church, Tuttle’s
Grove United Methodist Church in Beaufort, N.C., with Rev. Diane LeBlanc and New Bern
District Superintendent Reverend Dennis Goodwin officiating.
She is survived by her husband, Cecil O’Brien Lewis of New Bern; sister Mary Phillips
Stephens of North Canton, Ohio; brother John Phillips of Red Lion, Pa.; sons Scott
Kimbleton of Jacksonville, Fl; Nathan Kimbleton of Boyington Beach, Fl; Michael Lewis
of New Bern; Thomas Lewis of New Bern; and granddaughters Brittany Lewis, Ariana
Kimbleton, Madalene Kimbleton.