[THIS CHANEL ISN'T ASSOCIATED WITH JIMMY SWAGGART BIBLE COLLEGE]
In November 2022 Jimmy Swaggart gave a eulogy at his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis's funeral
..."Saturday, Lewis came home for good, as the musical icon was buried in his native Ferriday, Louisiana. The Sun Records star, Million Dollar Quartet member, Rock and Roll and Country Music Hall of Famer passed away at his home in DeSoto County, Mississippi, on Oct. 28 at the age of 87.
One of the foundational rock 'n' roll artists of the 1950s, Lewis also enjoyed a successful second career as a country artist from the late '60s through the early '80s. A profound musical and spiritual influence on several generations - on the entire zeitgeist of rock 'n' roll culture - Lewis authoritatively essayed everything from Tin Pan Alley to boogie-woogie to blues over the course of his long, storied and often controversial career.
Services in Ferriday followed a visitation for Lewis on Thursday held at Hernando Funeral Home in DeSoto County, as hundreds of fans, friends, peer musicians and others - some in suitcoats and ties, some with tattoos and rockabilly pompadours - lined up to pay their respects to the rock 'n' roll pioneer.
Equally large crowds packed into the intimate confines of Young’s Funeral Home in Ferriday on Saturday morning for Lewis’ sendoff. At the front of the chapel, his mahogany casket was covered in red roses and topped by a swirling piano key sculpture. A makeshift shine had been erected around it, with a large gilt framed painting of Lewis in his 1950s pomp, as well as numerous photos of The Killer in concert, and pictures of him with his cousins, the late country star Mickey Gilley and televangelist Jimmy Swaggart.
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13 ноя 2022
