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Lew Burdette, on the campaign trail, is president of King’s Home and is running for governor in the Republican primary.
‘LEW IN 22’
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Vestavia Hills’ Lew Burdette Says Prayer Led Him to Run for Governor By Ally Morrisson
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hen he was just 15 years old, Lew Burdette was kidnapped. He was held at gunpoint in the alley behind his father’s Roanoke grocery store and then taken into the woods, where he would end up shot, stabbed and left for dead in an old 30-foot water well. Burdette said he battled for his life at
“I just remember repeating in my head, ‘Lew in 22’, but at the time I didn’t know what that meant.” the bottom of that well, later was given only a 5% to 10% chance of living and survived only by the grace of God.
Burdette now is president of King’s Home and is running for governor in the Republican primary. Burdette has lived in Vestavia Hills for 23 years with his wife, Suzie. The couple has three children, Ash, Sarah Gabel and Grant. When asked why he chose to live in the Over the Mountain area, Burdette emphasized his love for the family environment
See BURDETTE, page 10
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