From staff reports
Zonta Club of Beaufort presented Marie Lewis with its Leadership Award on Thursday, Oct. 12. Lewis’ business acumen and success for so many years makes her a role model for other women to enter the business world.
Marie and her husband, Tom Lewis, opened Alvin Ord’s Sandwich Shop more than 40 years ago. Marie Lewis has always been the face that first greets you as you enter to order or pick up. Many of their staff have been with them for a decade or more.
Their store is a favorite “taste of home.” There is no telling how many members of the military and their families have been treated to this taste of home by Marie and Tom Lewis.
In early 2020, during unexpected back surgery, Marie was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and went through cancer treatment for the remainder of that year. Never one to back down from a challenge, she continued to work through chemo and the Covid-19 pandemic. Now she is in remission.
An avid and accomplished vocalist, Marie Lewis has bee a member of Carteret Street United Methodist Chancel Choir for more than 50 years and has shared her gift at many special events and theatrical performances.
