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    • Sep 22, 1905
    Roy "Pop" Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. With his children, he creates the bluegrass-gospel act The Lewis Family. Their record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    May 22, 1926
    Nannie Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. She joins the bluegrass-gospel act The Lewis Family. Their record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
    Jul 6, 1928
    Wallace Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. He joins the bluegrass-gospel act The Lewis Family. Their record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 31, 1934
    Fiddler Talmadge Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. He joins the bluegrass-gospel act The Lewis Family. Their cut "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 23, 1937
    Polly Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. She sings with The Lewis Family, one of the finest bluegrass-gospel acts in history. Their record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Feb 13, 1939
    Janis Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. She joins the bluegrass-gospel act The Lewis Family, whose record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 24, 1942
    Banjo player Little Roy Lewis is born in Lincolnton, Georgia. He joins The Lewis Family, whose bluegrass-gospel record "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
    Sep 26, 1992
    Record producer Emory Gordy Jr.--noted for his work with Steve Earle, The Bellamy Brothers and wife Patty Loveless--joins the Georgia Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Atlanta's World Congress Center. Also added is the country-gospel act The Lewis Family
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation issues "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Among the gospel records on the list: The Blackwood Brothers' "His Hand In Mine" and The Lewis Family's "His Blood Now Covers My Sin"
    Mar 23, 2004
    Roy "Pop" Lewis, of The Lewis Family, dies in Washington, D.C. The gospel group's performance of "His Blood Now Covers My Sin" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
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