At funeral, friend recalls John and Lillian Lewis' love story

At the funeral for civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis, longtime friend Xernona Clayton told the story of how Lewis and his late wife, Lillian Miles Lewis, first met. Watch her remarks.

[cocomajoko]

What a wonderful story. What a wonderful man. He will be missed! Thank you for paving the way to equality for ALL, and doing it with LOVE 💕

[ytisAms]

I want to be this extraordinary woman when I grow up, my God, to have a friend like that ! I lost my sister almost 20 years ago I haven’t found another that could take her place. RIP Mr. Lewis, RIP sis, you are both sorely missed.

[istateyourname]

Proof that your good friend knows what's best for you. They made a cute couple.

[TheCarmendoug]

You go girl....matchmaker, I want to be like her when I turn 90

[keyshajohnson]

Dang!! So many ignorant and unnecessary comments. This man is deceased have some respect ✊🏾. R.I.P. Beautiful speech!

[jrseahorse]

My grand aunt and uncle are named John and Lillian as well, they have been married for more than 50 years now

[flyoutchase]

This was the woman that drove MLK to the airport as he was getting ready to head to Memphis

[ellepaxy]

They say black never breaks. Look at this lady, 90 years old, sharp as a cookie and looks decades younger!!!

[mcwrightjoanie]

So funny when she said there was another girl interested in John. We didn’t do competition back then. We got rid of her 😅

[meredithmericle]

I am a conservative--have been since '68. I WANT OBAMA BACK1

[michaelstraughn]

It's a shame when a man has to get his skull cracked just so he and others like him can have the same rights as the person who cracked his skull.
Thank you, Congressman Lewis.
R.I.P.

[elizabethlewis-jwvu]

We missed you so much thank you keeping s me safe God blessed

[cynthiacopland]

What a blessing to have Christian ✝️ parents, family & friends in our lives. RIP 👑 King & 👑 Queen.

[davidgreene]

A FIERCE testimony of Black EXCELLENCE in Xernona Clayton

[aaroncelathian]

🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰
Long Live The Real Ones
🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰🎰

[kimberleebrackley]

Hey, she was still talking. To the life and inspirational actions of John Lewis. I hope to God there are many taking up those reins driving home powerful ideas with peace and definitely some of that good trouble.

[davidgreene]

A FIERCE testimony of BLACK EXCELLENCE!

[gbail]

Come on, get her name right! Xernona Clayton, put in the title!

[spits]

If you can gather for a funeral you can go out and vote in November, If you can gather for a funeral you can open small businesses, If you can gather to protest you can go to a church. The laws do not apply to everyone equally.

[aquintaancrum]

Mr. John Lewis, Congressman first direct encounter with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr occurred in the summer of 1958, when he traveled to Montgomery to seek Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's help in suing to transfer to Troy State University, an all-white institution closer to his home. Mr. Lewis met with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Ralph Abernathy, and Fred Gray at Abernathy's Baptist Church, and they decided that would contribute their financial and legal assistant to Mr. John Lewis. However, Mr. John Lewis joined The Revolution of Martin Luther King Jr a/k/s the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) on May 16, 1962 Mr. Lewis valued Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, as the man who had ultimately set him on his life path. Mr. John Lewis is an American Colored Man who married a Jamaican women from New York, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is an American Colored Man who married a West Indian women from Cleveland Ohio. Mr. John Lewis and Dr. Martin Luther King children are biracial. I hope their children will respect the intelligence, hard working nature, kindness, and the beauty of American Colored People!