Nina Blanche (Newlin) Lewis

Nina Blanche Newlin Lewis, 103, passed away February 18, 2025, surrounded by family at home in Paoli.  She was born on September 26, 1921, to William Walter Newlin and Ada Jane Hall Newlin in Paoli, IN.  She married Clifford Boyd Lewis on June 12, 1938, and he preceded her.

She was preceded in death by:

Parents

Sisters: Neva Wheeler and Mabel Clements

Infant son: William Lewis

Brothers: Merle, Paul, and Moris Newlin

Son-In-Law: Mike Cooper

Grandson: Bobby Jones

4 Great Granddaughters

Nina was the oldest member of the oldest church in Orange County, The Lick Creek Friends Meeting.  She was also a member of the Orange County Home Makers and Orange County Farm Bureau.

She was not only a homemaker taking care of her family, but she also helped her husband with their family farm.  She would sell milk and eggs and loved gardening.  Nina made home-made biscuits and gravy every day at the farmhouse on her old cook stove.  She was also a very well-known seamstress, making quilts and aprons.  Making the aprons was her call from God.

Surviving Nina:

1 Son:

Fred I. (Pamela) Lewis                                     Oolitic, IN

3 Daughters:

Edith Carol (Roy) Fenwick                             Floyds Knobs, IN

Rosemary (Ray) Trinkle                                  Paoli, IN

Aletha F. Cooper                                               French Lick, IN

9 Grandchildren: Ricky Jones, Linda Hutslar, Shelley May, Lisa Recker, Shawn King, Matt Cooper, Joshua Lewis, Lindsay Lewis, and Audrey Lewis.

9 Great-Grandchildren

16 Great-Great Grandchildren

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday February 24, 2025, at Eastview Baptist Church in Paoli.

(Eastview Baptist Church: 969 E. St. Rd. 56 - Paoli, IN 47454)

Visitation will be held from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Monday February 24, 2025, at Eastview Baptist Church in Paoli.

Interment at Syria Christian Church Cemetery immediately following funeral service.

(Syria Christian Church: 2444 N. Co. Rd. 300 E. - Orleans, IN 47452)

In lieu of flowers, Nina’s family requests donations to be made to one of the following places:

Lick Creek Friends Meeting

Beech Grove Friends Meeting

Syria Church Cemetery

Dillman-Scott Funeral Home will be handling the donations for Nina’s family.

Please send donations to:

Dillman-Scott Funeral Home

P.O. Box 108

Paoli, IN 47454

Online condolences can be made at dillmanscottfuneralhome.com