Meet Stan Lewis, a husband, father, devoted Christian and Johnson High School Principal. Stan graduated from North Georgia College with a degree in English, he then went on to the University of Georgia to get his Educational Specialists degree in administration.
 
Stan began his teaching career in Murray County, teaching English and also coaching wrestling.
He left Murray County to teach overseas in Japan with his wife, Isabel.
“The food over there is an acquired taste but now I love sushi,” he said.
After moving back to the United States from Japan, Stan taught at Rome High School for four years, the on to Chestatee High School and Adairsville High where he was the principal for four years. Finally, Stan found himself as the principal at Johnson High School, and in the place he now calls home.
 
Stan lives with his wife and their  twin daughters, Lydia and Margaret, who attend North Hall Middle School.
We were recently able to take Stan away from his busy schedule for a few moments to ask him some questions about himself and his life in Hall County.
Question: What inspired you or led you to your current career?
Answer: “Initially, I wanted to be a writer, poet, or musician. I then discovered that I was good at helping kids with English homework, it went from there.”
 
Q: What is your favorite restaurant in Hall County, and what do you love there?
A: “El Maguey. I love the chicken fajitas.”
Q: How long have you lived or worked in Hall County?
A: “Eleven years.”
 
Q: Who is the most interesting person you’ve met here in Hall County?
A: “I met a lady through Meals on Wheels once.  We delivered the food to her house and she asked me to stay and see her artwork. We came back upstairs and she started to tell me about her visions.”
 
Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be? And why?
A: “Out west and see the Rocky Mountains. I would also love to travel to Israel and to the Middle East.”
Q: What is your favorite movie OR what is the first movie you remember seeing in a theater?
A: “My favorite is a mini-series called ‘Band of Brothers.’”
 
Q: What advice would you give a crowd of people?
A: “There is good in the true self in each and every one us, and it is our job to find that true self.”
 
Q: What is something on your bucket list?
A: “I would like to hike the entire Appalachian Trail.”
 
Q: What are 3 bands you would like to see (dead or alive)?
A:“The Beatles, U2, and Led Zeppelin.”
 
Q: What former local business makes you the most nostalgic about Hall County?
A: “Godfather’s Pizza or Holly’s Landing.”
 
Q: Choosing anyone (non-relative): with whom would you love to have lunch? Why? Where in Hall County would you have this lunch?
A: “Two people…Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi.  I would ask them where they found the strength and courage to keep fighting for their causes after all they were put through. I would take them to Longstreet Cafe because I would want them to have a taste of our Southern cooking.”
 
Q: What is your favorite thing about Hall County?
A: “The fact that we’re a city but we’ve got the lake, the woods, the mountains, and Atlanta.”
 
Q: Where do you see yourself in five or 10 years?
A: “Working with people and helping them in some way.”
 
Q: (Even friends or family), what is something interesting that most people don’t know about
A: “That I spent three years teaching English in Japan.”
 
Q: What three words or phrases come to mind when you think of the word HOME?
A: “My family including our dog, my chair, and my books.”
 
The Faces of Hall County is a project to showcase the amazing people that live or work in our community. If you would like to nominate an interesting person to be featured please email babernathy@gonorton.com.