Thomas M. Lewis, 58, of Asbury Park, New Jersey passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey.  He was born on January 24, 1959 in Norfolk, Virginia to George E. and Ruby Butts.

Thomas served in the United States Army as an Indirect Fire Infantryman.  He was a man of modest means, but he had a heart of gold.  He brought joy and laughter to the lives of his family and friends.  He was a loving brother and a great father.  The people of his home land knew him as "Slick".

He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Ruby Butts; two sisters, Deloris Harbin and Jessie Mae Smith; and one brother, George Edward Lewis.

He is survived by his son, Shawn and his wife, Princess Lewis, of San Jose, Califorina; four sisters, Ruby Patricia Biggs of Camden, New Jersey, Sandra and her husband, Larry Brown, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Wanda Butts of North Charleston, South Carolina, and MeeMee and her husband, Donald Graham, of North Charleston, South Carolina; one brother, Ronald Lee Lewis of Norfolk, Virginia; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.