Lewis was born to Thomas C. and Glenda W. (Voltmer) Morgan on February 2, 1936 in Rock Port, MO. He was a lifelong Harrisonville resident, attended Prospect Rural School #88 and was a 1954 graduate of Harrisonville High School. After high school, he went to work at the Cass County Democrat paper. Hearing a calling to get out of the city, Lewis bought some property and built his own house in 1959, with the help of his friends and family.
Lewis was a hobby farmer who enjoyed raising pigs, cattle, goats, chickens, ducks, turkey and geese. He was an ornery man with a witty sense of humor. He enjoyed spending his time working with his hands on his land and teaching his grandchildren his expertise in many things, from agriculture to zipping down dirt roads in a 1967 "Chevy four on the floor.
During the course of his life, he worked at Acme Brick Company, in Harrisonville, Anaconda Wire & Cable in Harrisonville until they closed, and then went to work at Midway Schools in Cleveland, MO until he retired.
Lewis was preceded in death by his wife, Roena Belle Cox, whom he married in 1956; his parents; his brother-in-law, Robert Hon; a nephew, Robert "Bobby" Hon; and his son-in-law, Lonny D. Jacobs. He is survived by his daughter, Brenda K. Jacobs-Oxendine, Granby, MO; one sister, Charlotte Hon, Excelsior Springs, MO; three grandchildren: Angela Shoemaker (Remo), Oklahoma City, OK; Laura Robinson (Keith), Mesa, AZ; and Charlie Jacobs (Clyta), Seneca, MO; five great-grandsons: Clayton, Jacob, Alix, Jaxon, and Wylie; and two great-great-granddaughters, Cameron and Ashton.
