MCKINNEY — A “selfless servant” is how friends and family are remembering Michael Lewis, the North Texas pilot who died in a plane crash earlier this week in McKinney . Family members say Lewis was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.
For Amy MacDonnell, Lewis was also one of her oldest friends.
“I can’t tell you how touched I’ve been by Mike through the years,” MacDonnell explains, “he was such a gentle giant, always had the biggest, strongest, most wonderful hug for you. He always had a twinkle in his eye and always had a positive word to say.”
MacDonnell and Lewis met freshman year at Denison University, a private liberal arts college in Granville, Ohio, nearly 50 years ago. They were both selected to be part of an elite choir called the Denison Singers.
“He had a great bass voice,” said MacDonnell. “You could pick him out of a crowd always and there was such joy coming out of him out of his mouth.”