Coyt Witherspoon Hewitt

Coyt Witherspoon Hewitt, age 94, of Lexington passed away Friday afternoon, April 13, 2012 at VA Medical Center in Salisbury. Funeral service will be held 11:30 am Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at First Lutheran Church where he was a member, with Rev. Sam Shore officiating. Burial will military honors at Salisbury National Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the First Lutheran Church Life Center from 10:00 am until 11:30 am prior to the service. Coyt was born in Iredell County, May 31, 1917 to John Henry Hewitt and Sarah Essie Witherspoon Hewitt. He was a retired employee of Rockingham County as an Electrical Inspector. He was a veteran of the US Army having served in World War II and was a member of Disabled American Veterans. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary Alice Hewitt in 2003; his son, Coyt Hewitt, Jr.; sisters, Irene Ballard and Frances McKinnis; brothers, J.H. Hewitt, Joseph Hewitt and Ray Hewitt. Surviving are his daughter; Eve Lockwood and husband Robert, Jr. of Lexington; two granddaughters, Robin Lockwood of Denver, CO and Kathleen Lockwood of Winston Salem; sisters, Annie Pearl Loflin of Thomasville and Nancy Matheson of Midland, NC; brothers, Grover Hewitt of Cleveland, NC and Carlton Hewitt and wife Janet of Statesville, NC. Memorials should be made to First Lutheran Church, Endowment Fund, P.O. Box 308, Lexington, NC 27293 Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net