Mystery And Intrigue Attend Death Of Lewis Heir

UPLAND—David Lewis, the scion of one of the most successful business families in San Bernardino County history,
was found dead at his residence in southwest
Las Vegas on June 24. Initial reports were that Lewis, 36, had died at his own hand.
Lewis, the executive vice president of the Upland-
based Lewis Group of Companies, was found dead by police officers
who were carrying out a safety check at the residence, one of at least
Stiffed Investigator Sues SB
Whenever Richard Cory went downtown
We people on the pavement
looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored and imperially
slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human
when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
“Good-morning,” and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich—richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we toiled, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread.
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
-Edwin Arlington
Robinson
two he owned.
The son of Richard Lewis and the grandson
of Ralph and Goldy Lewis, David had assumed
the role of vice president with the family
company, overseeing both land acquisition and obtaining building entitlements
in Nevada and Southern California. He worked in large part out of the company office in Las Vegas, but had a role in pursuing business for the company elsewhere. In March 2009, for example,
he and his uncle, Randall Lewis, who is in charge of sales and marketing
for the company, made a presentation to the Rancho Cucamonga City Council relating to a proposal by Rancho Partners with regard to that group’s plans to acquire
1,400 acres of surplus
flood control district within and straddling Rancho Cucamonga’s city limits and subdivide it for both residential and commercial use. Rancho Partners is a consortium that included the Lewis Group of Companies.
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