Price Award goes to Lewis

Chaplain has served law enforcement for 15 years

Chaplain K.J. Lewis (center) holds the 2014 Leonard Price Friend of Law Enforcement Award presented to him by the Kershaw County Sheriffs Foundation (KCSF) during a surprise ceremony at the Kershaw County Sheriffs Office on Monday. On hand for the presentation (left to right) were Kershaw County Councilman Tom Gardner; KCSF Chair Rajena Miles; Lewis wife, Debbie; Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews; and Kershaw County Council members Jimmy Jones and C.R. Miles Jr. - photo by Gary Phillips

Price Award — Chaplain K.J. Lewis (center) holds the 2014 Leonard Price Friend of Law Enforcement Award presented to him by the Kershaw County Sheriffs Foundation (KCSF) during a surprise ceremony at the Kershaw County Sheriffs Office on Monday. On hand for the presentation (left to right) were Kershaw County Councilman Tom Gardner; KCSF Chair Rajena Miles; Lewis wife, Debbie; Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews; and Kershaw County Council members Jimmy Jones and C.R. Miles Jr. - photo by Gary Phillips

Gary Phillips

Updated: Nov. 12, 2014, 1 a.m.

The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Foundation (KCSF) presented its 2014 Leonard Price Friend of Law Enforcement Award to K.J. Lewis, chaplain for the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) and other local emergency agencies. The KCSF surprised Lewis with the award Monday at the KCSO’s Lugoff headquarters. Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews said he is concerned not only for deputies’ physical health, but their mental and spiritual health as well.

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