Ackerly High School News Today

Tue, 02/02/2021 - 7:11pm     Royale Douglas “R.D.” Lewis died Saturday, January 30, 2021, in Lubbock, Texas, from complications caused by COVID-19.     Royale was born June 14, 1941, in Lamesa, Texas, to Andrew James and Mae Oma Lewis. In 1959, he graduated from Ackerly High School, where he was a basketball standout. In the 62 years since, his high school class has held dozens of class reunions, and he was reported to have never missed one.      In 1961, Royale rece...