Judge Lewis Passing

Theodis "Ted" Lewis, the first Black judge to be appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit, died at his home in Chatham on Feb. 17.

He was 77.

A native of Little Rock, Ark., who attended Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois Law School, Lewis was appointed an associate circuit judge for Sangamon County in 1991.

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