JERRY LEE LEWIS PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE DETAILS ANNOUNCED
Jerry Lee Lewis‘ family has announced the details of the iconic musician’s public memorial services this weekend in Hernando, Mississippi and his birthplace, Ferriday, Louisiana. The officiate for the funeral service on Saturday will be Lewis’ cousin, Reverend Jimmy Swaggart along with Ferriday’s Clyde Ray Webber. There will be a live stream option for those not able to travel which will be announced soon via Lewis’ Facebook page. CLARIFYING SERVICES:Visitation – Public Welcome, Limited AvailabilityHernando, Miss. – Thursday, Nov. 3 | 5 – 8 PMHernando Funeral Home2285 Hwy 51 South, Hernando, MS 38632Visitation – Public Welcome, Limited AvailabilityYoung’s Funeral Home – Saturday, Nov. 5 | 10 – 11 AM2207, 609 EE Wallace Blvd., Ferriday, LA 71334Funeral Service – Public Welcome, Very Limited AvailabilityLivestream Available (Details to follow via Facebook)Young’s Funeral Home – Saturday, Nov. 5 | 11 AM CT2207, 609 EE Wallace Blvd., Ferriday, LA 71334Private Burial Following ServiceCelebration of LifeSaturday, Nov. 5 | Following the ServiceThe Arcade Theater218 Louisiana Ave, Ferriday, LA 71334
ABOUT JERRY LEE LEWIS from his Obituary
Musicians and music journalists called him a true virtuoso. His music was so rich and complex that some of them swore there were two pianos on stage instead of one. He played honky-tonk and blues across the same keyboard in the same instant. He could play melody with both hands. Jerry Lee sang rockabilly before he knew it had a name. Lewis sang blues, gospel and country in the same set and sometimes the same breath.
He became No. 24 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Sam Phillips, who launched the careers of Elvis and Lewis at Sun Records in Memphis, called Lewis the most talented person he had ever seen. A talent that made him one of the very few to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s first class in 1986 and, most recently this past week, at long last, into the Country Music Hall of Fame. See full Obituary here.
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