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Lewis Patrick Poston

Lewis Patrick Poston, 53, died unexpectedly Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at his home in the Woodbridge community near Kings Mountain. He had been in declining health for some time.

Lewis was a graduate of Burns High School, earned a bachelor of fine arts degree at Western Carolina University, and a master of fine arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Md.

He was a self-employed artist, with some of his abstract expressionist paintings in collections in New York, China, and Australia.

He was the son of Patsy Cook (Pat) Poston, who survives, and the late Ben Lewis Poston. Also surviving are his sister, Laura Cummings, and her husband, Mark Cummings, also of the Woodbridge community. He was uncle to Christopher Lewis (Chris) Cummings of Apex, and Allison Grace Cummings, M. D., and her husband, Victor Heorhiadi, of Seattle, Wash. In addition, he enjoyed the extended family of Cook and Poston aunts, uncles, and cousins.

A family commemoration of his life will be held at a future date. His remains will be interred at Cleveland Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to the Cleveland County Boys and Girls Club, 412 W. Sumter St., Shelby, NC 28150.

The Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Crematory is assisting the family.


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