Vivian M.D.

LEWIS-MOON, Mrs. Vivian M.D. - Age 75, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2007 at her residence. Memorial Service 6PM-8PM Friday, February 23, 2007 at Woodside Church. Family hour 12Noon Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Woodside Church, 1509 E. Court St., with funeral service commencing at 1PM. Rev. Deborah Kohler officiating. Interment Sunset Hills Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 12Noon Saturday. Dr. Lewis will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 9AM-3PM Friday. Vivian Moon Lewis was born in Pensacola, Florida on February 19, 1931 to parents, Edward C. Moon, Sr. and Vivian (Crawley) Moon. She was the youngest of three children. Her brothers were Edward C. Moon, Jr. and Inman H. Moon. She was the mother of three children, Vivian S. Howard, MD, William P. Lewis, and Beverly L. Gooden. At the age of 7, her family moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She attended public schools and received her high school diploma from Douglass High School in 1948 where her uncle, Frederick Moon, was the principal. She attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1948-1952 where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology. She attended graduate school at the University of Oklahoma from 1953-1954. In 1955 she applied for admission to the University of Oklahoma Medical School, and became the first African-American female admitted to the Medical School. While there, she met her husband, Billie Lewis, who was also a medical student in the same class. They were married in their sophomore year. She and her husband received their medical degrees in 1959. They both came to Flint and started a rotating internship at Hurley Hospital from 1959-1960. She completed a Pediatric Residency Program in 1963 at Hurley Hospital. She was then employed by Mott Children Health Center where she became the first African-American female Pediatrician in Flint. She went into private practice at Lewis Medical Services from 1970-2000. Vivian has been active in the church throughout her life. She was a member of Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church from 1964-1983. She has been a member of Woodside Church from 1983 to the present. While at Woodside Church she served as the Church Moderator from 1988-1989, and had been involved in many professional and community activities. She leaves to cherish her memory: her beloved husband of 49 years, Billie Lewis, M.D.; former husband, J.W. Sanford, M.D.; children, Vivian S. (James) Howard, M.D., William P. Lewis, Beverly L. (Issaac) Gooden; grandchildren, Amber Howard, Alyssa Howard, James Howard, III, Lance Howard, Allen Lewis, Aaron Lewis, Billie Lewis, David Gooden, and Christopher Gooden; sister-in-law, Bobbi Moon (Oklahoma City); niece, Carletta (Billy) Abernathy (Birmingham); nephew, Ronald C. (Sheila) Moon (Oklahoma City); first cousins, Erma Martin, James Crawley, Gloria Crawley, Betty Brandon, all of Flint, Freddye Smith (Chicago), Eva Garden (Cleveland), Estella Thompson (Kansas City), Alice Humphrey (St. Louis); adopted cousin, Lenore Croudy; adopted god-daughter, Dr. Brenda Rogers-Gray; many other loving relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers.

Vivian M.D.

February 19, 1931 - February 18, 2007