Jerry Lee Lewis

==Personal life==
===Relationships and children===
Lewis was married seven times, including bigamous marriages and a marriage with his underage cousin.<ref name="Seven">{{Cite news |date=March 29, 2012 |title=Cousin's ex becomes Jerry Lee Lewis's 7th wife |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/showbiz/jerry-lee-lewis-wedding/ |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402010500/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/showbiz/jerry-lee-lewis-wedding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He had six children during his marriages.

When Jerry Lee Lewis was 16, he married Dorothy Barton, the daughter of a preacher.<ref name=Cramer1984>{{Cite magazine |last=Cramer |first=Richard Ben |date=March 1, 1984 |title=The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-strange-and-mysterious-death-of-mrs-jerry-lee-lewis-179980/4/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=October 27, 2022|page=4}}</ref> The union lasted from February 1952 to October 1953.<ref name="PEOPLE">{{Cite magazine |last=Jerome |first=Jim |date=April 24, 1978 |title=Fame, Tragedy and Fame Again: Jerry Lee Lewis Has Been Through Great Balls of Fire, Otherwise Known as Hell |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070691,00.html |magazine=People |access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref>

Lewis's second marriage to Sally Jane Mitcham in September 1953, was of dubious validity because it occurred 23 days before his divorce from Barton was final. They had two children: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. (1954–1973) and Ronnie Guy Lewis (b. 1956). After four years, he filed for divorce in October 1957. Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. died in 1973, at the age of 19, when the Jeep he was driving overturned.<ref name="PEOPLE" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Simons |first=Jeff |date=June 18, 2000 |title=Jerry Lee Is Still Burnin' Down the House |work=Sunday Free Lance Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapersid%3Dsu8yAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6568%2C4893058 |access-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173510/https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en |url-status=live }}</ref> 

His third marriage was to 13-year-old [[Myra Gale Brown]], his [[first cousin once removed]], on December 12, 1957.<ref>{{harvnb|Bonomo|2009|pages=19}}</ref> His divorce from Jane Mitcham was not finalized before the ceremony took place, so he remarried Brown on June 4, 1958.<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine |date=May 20, 1994 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis's short-lived music success |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/05/20/jerry-lee-lewiss-short-lived-music-success/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> They had two children: Steve Allen Lewis (1959–1962) and Phoebe Allen Lewis (b. 1963). Brown was only 14 years old when their son was born.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2022 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' teenage bride speaks out: 'I was the adult and Jerry was the child' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-29/jerry-lee-lewis-myra-brown-williams-marriage-13-cousin |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030205937/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-29/jerry-lee-lewis-myra-brown-williams-marriage-13-cousin |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1962, Steve Allen Lewis drowned in a swimming pool accident at the age of 3.<ref name="PEOPLE" /> In 1970, Brown filed for divorce on the grounds of [[adultery]] and [[Domestic violence|abuse]],<ref name=":3" /> stating that she had been "subject to every type of [[Physical abuse|physical]] and [[Psychological abuse|mental abuse]] imaginable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Light |first=Alan |date=May 1, 2017 |title=Ballad of the 13-Year-Old Bride |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/ballad-of-the-13-year-old-bride-f909cbe1c6b4 |website=Medium.com |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111947/https://medium.com/cuepoint/ballad-of-the-13-year-old-bride-f909cbe1c6b4 |url-status=live }}</ref>

His fourth marriage was to Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate, from October 1971 to June 8, 1982. Pate drowned in a swimming pool at the home of a friend with whom she was staying, several weeks before divorce proceedings could be finalized.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1982 |title=Lewis' Wife Dies in Pool |work=The Tuscaloosa News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTMdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4215,2121527 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121104245/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTMdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4215%2C2121527 |url-status=live }}</ref> They had one daughter, Lori Lee Lewis (b. 1972).

Mary Kathy "K.K." Jones of [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]], testified in court during Lewis's income [[tax evasion]] trial in 1984 that she lived with him from 1980 to 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Amanda |date=October 16, 1984 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' driver told a federal court Tuesday… |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/10/16/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-driver-told-a-federal-court-Tuesday/3471466747200/ |work=United Press International |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111954/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/10/16/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-driver-told-a-federal-court-Tuesday/3471466747200/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lewis's fifth marriage, to Shawn Stephens, lasted 77 days, from June to August 1983, ending with her death<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 25, 1983 |title=Jerry's Bride Dies |page=3 |work=Evening Times |location=Glasgow |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HdFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6536,4647594&dq=shawn-stephens+jerry-lee-lewis |access-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103103553/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HdFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6536,4647594&dq=shawn-stephens+jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref> from an overdose of [[methadone]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|date=October 28, 2022|title=Jerry Lee Lewis, a Rock 'n' Roll Original, Dies at 87|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/music/jerry-lee-lewis-dead.html|url-status=live|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221028171552/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/music/jerry-lee-lewis-dead.html|archive-date=October 28, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref> Journalist [[Richard Ben Cramer]] alleged that Lewis abused and may have killed her, neither of which was proven.<ref name=Cramer1984/>

His sixth marriage, to Kerrie McCarver, lasted 21 years, from April 1984 to June 2005. They had one child: Jerry Lee Lewis III (b. 1987).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Peter |date=April 2, 2012 |title=Rock 'n' roll king of controversy |url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/311982/Rock-n-roll-king-of-controversy |website=Daily Express |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111954/https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/311982/Rock-n-roll-king-of-controversy |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1993, Lewis moved to [[Ireland]] with his family in what was suggested (but denied) to be a move to avoid issues with the [[Internal Revenue Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lakeland Ledger |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19930510&id=i6ZNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6705,7628004 |website=News Archive Search |access-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102221612/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19930510&id=i6ZNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6705,7628004 |url-status=live }}</ref> He lived in a rented house on Westminster Road in [[Foxrock]], [[Dublin]], and during his time there was sued by the German company Neue Constantin Film Production GmbH for failure to appear at a concert in Munich in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jerry Lee Lewis sued by German company in Irish court |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/jerry-lee-lewis-sued-by-german-company-in-irish-court-1.60284 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=January 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105427/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/jerry-lee-lewis-sued-by-german-company-in-irish-court-1.60284 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis returned to the U.S. in 1997 after his tax issues had been resolved by Irish promoter Kieran Cavanagh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Team |url=http://www.rhythmofthedance.com/team.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214144048/http://www.rhythmofthedance.com/team.php |archive-date=February 14, 2014 |website=Rhythm of the Dance}}</ref>

Lewis lived on a ranch in [[Nesbit, Mississippi]], with his family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis FAQ – Nesbit Ranch |url=http://oldies.about.com/od/rockabill1/f/jerryleeranch.htm |access-date=July 11, 2015 |publisher=Oldies.about.com |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120416/http://oldies.about.com/od/rockabill1/f/jerryleeranch.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pore-Lee-Dunn Productions |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=http://www.classicbands.com/jerrylee.html |website=classicbands.com |access-date=April 14, 2008 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701215622/http://www.classicbands.com/jerrylee.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Home, Nesbit, Mississippi – Backroads of American Music |url=http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com/archive/2007/10/04/jerry-lee-lewis-home-nesbit-mississippi.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090627085458/http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com/archive/2007/10/04/jerry-lee-lewis-home-nesbit-mississippi.aspx |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref>

Lewis married his seventh wife, Judith Lewis (née Brown, [[Myra Gale Brown]]'s brother's former wife), on March 9, 2012.<ref name="Seven" /> The next day, Lewis severed business ties with his daughter, Phoebe Lewis-Loftin, who was his manager, and revoked her [[power of attorney]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' Lawsuit Against Daughter Dismissed by Judge |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8510035/jerry-lee-lewis-lawsuit-against-daughter-dismissed-by-judge |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In 2017, Lewis sued his daughter and her husband Zeke Loftin, claiming that she owed him "substantial sums of money".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amy |first=Jeff |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Judge dismisses most of the suit between Jerry Lee Lewis, family |url=https://apnews.com/cd155888d72d4906a08c92bf196ae09e |website=Apnews.com |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111948/https://apnews.com/cd155888d72d4906a08c92bf196ae09e |url-status=live }}</ref> In the lawsuit, Lewis, his wife Judith Lewis, and his son Jerry Lee Lewis III also claimed Loftin defamed them on [[Facebook]]. Lewis-Loftin and her husband counter-sued, claiming Judith Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis III interfered in the business relationship. In April 2019, U.S. District Judge [[Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.|Neal Biggers]] ruled that most of the claims were barred by a three-year statute of limitations except the defamation claims.<ref name=":1" />{{update inline|date=October 2022}}

===Religious beliefs===
As a teenager, Lewis studied at the Southwest Bible Institute in [[Waxahachie, Texas]], before being thrown out for playing a 'worldly' [[boogie-woogie]] version of "My God Is Real", and that early incident foreshadowed his lifelong conflict over his faith in God and his love of playing "the devil's music". Lewis had a recorded argument with [[Sam Phillips]] during the recording session for "[[Great Balls of Fire]]", a song he initially refused to record because he considered it blasphemous ("How can... How can the devil save souls? What are you ''talkin' about''?" he asks Phillips during one heated exchange.) During the famous [[Million Dollar Quartet]] jam involving Lewis, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash, they performed several gospel songs. Lewis's biographer [[Rick Bragg]] explains that part of the reason the recording only features Lewis and Elvis singing is because "only Elvis and Jerry Lee [were] raised in the [[Assemblies of God|Assembly of God]]", and {{"'}}Johnny and Carl didn't really know the words... they was [[Baptists]]', [Lewis] said, and therefore deprived."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bragg |first=Rick |author-link=Rick Bragg |date=October–November 2014 |title=Jerry Lee and Me |url=http://www.gardenandgun.com/print/article/jerry-lee-and-me |url-status=dead |journal=[[Garden & Gun]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121073447/http://www.gardenandgun.com/print/article/jerry-lee-and-me |archive-date=November 21, 2015 |access-date=October 7, 2015}}</ref>

In the 1990 documentary ''The Jerry Lee Lewis Story'', Lewis said to the interviewer, "The Bible doesn't even speak of religion. No word of religion is even in the Bible. ''Sanctification!'' Are you sanctified? Have you been ''saved''? See, I was a good preacher, I know my Bible? I find myself falling short of the glory of God."

Gospel music was a staple of his performing repertoire. After a string of hit country albums, he recorded [[In Loving Memories: The Jerry Lee Lewis Gospel Album|a gospel album]] for the first time in 1970 (it was released in 1971).<ref>{{Citation |title=Jerry Lee Lewis - In Loving Memories Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/in-loving-memories-mr0002561399 |work=AllMusic |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030134931/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/in-loving-memories-mr0002561399 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lewis was also a cousin of the televangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Jimmy Swaggart |url=https://archive.org/details/tocrossriver00swag |title=To cross a river |author2=Robert Paul Lamb |publisher=Jimmy Swaggart Ministries |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-88270-221-6 |edition=3rd |location=Baton Rouge, La. |pages=1 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

===Graceland arrest===
[[File:Jerry Lee Lewis 1976 mugshot.jpg|thumb|Mugshot in 1976]]

On September 29, 1976 (Lewis's 41st birthday), Lewis fired a [[.357 Magnum]] at a Coke bottle in his bedroom. The bullet ricocheted and accidentally hit bassist Butch Owens in the chest. Owens survived.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Young |first=Charles M. |date=October 19, 2006 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer Reloaded |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jerry-lee-lewis-the-killer-reloaded-39491/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>

On November 23, 1976, Lewis was arrested outside [[Elvis Presley]]'s [[Graceland]] home for allegedly intending to shoot him.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dan Epstein |first=Richard Bienstock |date=February 27, 2014 |title=30 Most Embarrassing Rock-Star Arrests |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/30-most-embarrassing-rock-star-arrests-22579/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> In Rick Bragg's 2014 authorized biography, ''Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story'', Lewis said that the reclusive Presley had been trying to reach him and finally did on November 23, imploring him to "come out to the house." Lewis replied that he would if he had time, but that he was busy trying to get his father, Elmo, out of jail in [[Tunica, Mississippi|Tunica]] for [[driving under the influence]]. Later that night, Lewis was at a [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] nightclub called the Vapors drinking champagne when he was given a gun. Lewis suddenly remembered that Elvis wanted to see him and, climbing aboard his new [[Lincoln Continental]] with the loaded pistol on the dash and a bottle of champagne under his arm, tore off for Graceland. Just before three o'clock in the morning, Lewis accidentally smashed into the famous Graceland gates.

Presley's astonished cousin Harold Lloyd was manning the gate and watched Lewis attempt to hurl the champagne bottle out the car window, not realizing the window was rolled up, smashing both. Bragg reports that Lewis denies ever intending to do Presley harm, that the two were friends, but "Elvis, watching on the [[closed-circuit television]], told guards to call the police. The [[Memphis police]] found the gun in the car and put Lewis, protesting, hollering, threatening them, away in handcuffs." Lewis said, "The cops asked Elvis, 'What do you want us to do? And Elvis told 'em, 'Lock him up.' That hurt my feelings. To be scared of me – knowin' me the way he did – was ridiculous." Lewis was charged with carrying a pistol and public drunkenness. Released on a $250 bond, his defiant mugshot was wired around the world. Presley himself died at Graceland nine months later.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tosches |first=Nick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALrR8lHmv44C&pg=PT86 |title=Country: The Twisted Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll |date=2009 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-0-7867-5098-6 |access-date=August 17, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173511/https://books.google.com/books?id=ALrR8lHmv44C&pg=PT86 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 4, 2014 |title=The Killer at Peace: Jerry Lee Lewis' Golden Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-killer-at-peace-jerry-lee-lewis-golden-years-47174/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/music/jerry-lee-lewis |website=The Smoking Gun |date=June 12, 2014 |access-date=August 17, 2015 |archive-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915081623/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/music/jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Debt===
[[File:Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch DeSoto County MS 006.jpg|thumb|The gate to Lewis's ranch in [[Nesbit, Mississippi]]]]
In 1979, the [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] seized property from Lewis to compensate a $274,000 tax debt.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=November 9, 1988 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Files Bankruptcy Petition |url=https://www.apnews.com/14622642563978a1739790fcb13843cf |website=Apnews.com |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111948/https://www.apnews.com/14622642563978a1739790fcb13843cf |url-status=live }}</ref> The property included several automobiles, a tractor, five motorcycles, jewelry, musical instruments, home entertainment equipment, and firearms. In 1980, an auction was held, but only 150 potential bidders showed up. The auction amassed $91,382, a third of the debt.<ref name=":0" />

In 1984, Lewis was found innocent of evading taxes, but he still owed the IRS money. The next year, the IRS seized property from his Nesbit, Mississippi ranch.<ref name=":0" />

In 1988, Lewis filed for bankruptcy, petitioning that he was more than $3&nbsp;million in debt, including $2&nbsp;million he owed to the IRS.<ref name=":0" />

===Health and death===
Lewis had a minor stroke in Memphis on February 28, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alsup |first=Dave |date=March 1, 2019 |title=Singer Jerry Lee Lewis suffers minor stroke |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/entertainment/jerry-lee-lewis-stroke/ |access-date=October 25, 2019 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001172320/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/entertainment/jerry-lee-lewis-stroke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He had to cancel several appearances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis stroke rehabilitation |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/19/us/jerry-lee-lewis-stroke-rehab/ |publisher=CNN |access-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001172322/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/19/us/jerry-lee-lewis-stroke-rehab/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lewis died at his home on October 28, 2022, in Nesbit, Mississippi, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |last=Italie |first=Hillel |url=https://apnews.com/article/165d562af27b23da9d6d11fc480541e8 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173518/https://apnews.com/article/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-165d562af27b23da9d6d11fc480541e8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Arkin |first=Daniel |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/jerry-lee-lewis-free-wheeling-wild-man-rock-n-roll-dies-87-rcna4456 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, free-wheeling 'wild man' of rock 'n' roll, dies at 87 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028170359/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/jerry-lee-lewis-free-wheeling-wild-man-rock-n-roll-dies-87-rcna4456 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-obituary-1234616945/ |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, Influential and Condemned Rock & Roll Pioneer, Dead at 87 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 }}</ref> His death was mistakenly reported by [[TMZ]] two days before he died,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Not Dead, Alive in Memphis |url=https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/26/jerry-lee-lewis-not-dead/ |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=TMZ |date=October 26, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108115010/https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/26/jerry-lee-lewis-not-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with a representative stating that TMZ had reported "erroneously off of an anonymous tip."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=October 27, 2022 |title=TMZ walks back report Jerry Lee Lewis died {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/media/jerry-lee-lewis-death-tmz/index.html |access-date=November 15, 2022 |publisher=CNN |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115052234/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/media/jerry-lee-lewis-death-tmz/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lewis' funeral was held on November 5, 2022, in his hometown of Ferriday, Louisiana. The service was officiated by his cousin Jimmy Swaggart and Swaggart's son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/11/05/jerry-lee-lewis-funeral-ferriday-louisiana-jimmy-swaggart/69618337007/|title=Family, friends say goodbye to music legend Jerry Lee Lewis during service in Louisiana|website=The Commercial Appeal|access-date=November 7, 2022|archive-date=November 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107101842/https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/11/05/jerry-lee-lewis-funeral-ferriday-louisiana-jimmy-swaggart/69618337007/|url-status=live}}</ref>