Julius Curtis Lewis Jr. - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Mar 11, 1926 Savannah, Georgia, United States Died on 20 Aug 2005 (aged 79)

American businessman, philanthropist and Chairman of J.C. Lewis Enterprises, Lewis Broadcasting Corporation, J.C. Lewis Investment Company, and Island Investments

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About Julius Curtis Lewis Jr.

  • Julius Curtis Lewis Jr., often known as J.C.
  • Lewis Jr.
  • (March 11, 1926 – August 20, 2005), was an American businessman, philanthropist and Chairman of J.C.
  • Lewis Enterprises, Lewis Broadcasting Corporation, J.C.
  • Lewis Investment Company, and Island Investments.
  • He served one term as Mayor of Savannah in the late 1960s as a Republican. From the 1940s to 2005, Lewis developed a sizable business empire, including automobile dealerships and media outlets throughout the southeast, including both a TV and radio station bearing his initials—WJCL-TV (the Savannah, Georgia market's first all-color television station), and WJCL-FM (the market's first stereo FM station), and acquired numerous commercial real estate properties including shopping centers and tracts of mixed-use properties throughout the Savannah area.
  • Lewis owned a portion of land on the southern end of Skidaway Island and later developed much of it into Moon River Landing, the final phase of the Landings on Skidaway Island and Green Island, a barrier island located off the coast of Georgia.

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