Metnorial Prayer Services For 
 
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~ultp 27~ 1943- ~rA[Ud 5, 2004 
lO:OOAMEST April 10. 2004 3689 Breckenridge Court 
 
3:00PM EST April 10,2004 Oakwood Cemetery Montgon~ery. Alabama 
 
TBA April. 2004 Richmond. Vrrginia 
 
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Sister Mother 
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Aunt Grandmother 
Cousin Friend Classmate Loved One 
 
Andrea Katherine Alba Lewis was born on July 27. 1943, in 
 
Montgon1ery. Alabama to the late And!:~ Ruben Alba and Nanina C. 
 
Alba. She attended elementary and high school school in Tuskegee 
 
Institute, Alabama: Chambless Chil&en House and Tuskegee 
 
Institute I-Ugh School (class of 1961). 
 
Andrea received the Bachelor of Science Degree in Library 
 
Science from Virginia State Universitf; Petersburg. VA. After 
 
graduation. lmdrea served the Richm?rid. Virginia Public School 
 
System where she received many honors for her talent in Library 
 
Science and won many awards for bet creative displays in her 
 
assigned school libraries. Andrea Alba. was also an associate librarian 
 
for the L. Douglas Wilder Library at Virginia Union University in 
 
Richmond. Virginia and t~e South Fulton Regional Library in Atlanta, 
 
Georgia. 
 
Andrea is loved by many friends and classmates. She would 
 
often say that she was "A People Person". Ann had a winning, 
 
outgoing personality and never met an enemy. Andrea. beloved child 
 
of God. frequently attended church throughout the Atlanta and 
 
Metropolitan Area since moving to Rex. Georgia. During Annrs 
 
childhood. she was a member of her drandfather's Cleveland Avenue, 
 
Presbyterian Church in Montgomery. Alabama and she Is a member 
 
three of the First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. 
 
Andrea Lewis spent the last 
 
years gallantly fighting 
 
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cancer. though she was not able to communicate these last few 
 
months, Andrea managed an occasionhl smile (the snille she was 
 
loved for by friends and family) and softly said "I love you." to the 
 
loved ones who sat by her bedside. 
 
Andrea Katherine Alba Lewis !$,survived by her son. Claude V. 
 
Lewis Jr of Rex, Gk two daughters, Nanina E. Lewis of Richm.ond. 
 
Virginia. and Carla M. Lewis of Rex. G)\; two grandchildren. Tylan H. 
 
Catlin and Gina Andrea Catlin of Richfuond, Virginia; a sister and 
 
brother-in-law, Panchita Alba and Richard Crawford of Columbus. 
 
GA; a nephew, John Andres Adams and ,his family of Atlanta. GA; two 
aunts. Elizabeth Alba of Philadelphia, PA and J 'acinta Alba of New 
 
York. NY; a host of loving cousins; many devoted and loving 
 
classmates and fiiends.