Writing
Myra Lewis Williams
- Born
- Jul 11, 1944 · Age 82
- Place of birth
- Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (4)
- Myra Brown
- Myra Brown Lewis
- Myra Gale Brown Lewis
- Myra Lewis
Biography
Myra Gale Lewis Williams (née Brown; born July 11, 1944) is an American author, best known for her controversial marriage at the age of 13 to then 22-year-old rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis, who was her first cousin once removed and still legally married to his second wife. They had a son, Steve Allen Lewis (named after the talk show host), and a daughter, Phoebe Allen Lewis. Their son Steve died from drowning in a swimming pool at the age of 3. She divorced Jerry Lee by the time she was 26 in 1970. She hired writer Murray Silver to co-write a book that was meant to be her…