Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr.

Who was Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr.?

Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr. was an American businessman, philanthropist and Chairman of J.C. Lewis Enterprises, Lewis Broadcasting Corporation, J.C. Lewis Investment Company, and Island Investments. He served one term as Mayor of Savannah in the late 1960s as a Republican.

From the 1940s to 2005, Lewis developed a sizable business empire: including automobile dealerships and media outlets throughout the southeast, including both a TV and radio station bearing his initials – WJCL-TV, and WJCL-FM, and a large commercial real estate portfolio including numerous shopping centers and tracts of mixed use properties throughout the Savannah area—and Green Island, a large barrier island located on the coast of Georgia. Lewis owned a sizable portion of land on the southern end of Skidaway Island and later developed much of it into Moon River Landing, the final phase of the Landings on Skidaway Island.

His automotive interests included: the two Ford dealerships in Savannah, Georgia, as well as the city's Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Saab, and Avis Rent A Car franchise. He also owned the Ford dealerships in Daytona Beach and Melbourne, Florida.