The Rev. Cotesworth Pinckney Lewis, rector of Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, Va., for nearly 30 years, died Sept. 29 in Williamsburg. He was 86. He had been in failing health for a number of years.

He was born in Birmingham, Ala., and received a bachelor's degree from Birmingham Southern College. He went on to further study at the University of the South, from which he received his divinity degree. He was ordained to the diaconate in 1937 and to the priesthood in 1938. He was minister-in-charge of St. Mary's, Jasper, and St. Mark's, Oakman, AL, 1937-39; rector of St. Paul's, Batesville, AR, 1939-42; canon of Trinity Cathedral, Little Rock, AR, 1942-45, and remained there as dean from 1945 to 1956. He was called to Bruton Parish in 1956 and served there until his retirement in 1985. He was an active member of several committees in the Diocese of Southern Virginia In Arkansas he was a two-time deputy to General Convention and for a time edited the diocesan newspaper. Surviving are his daughter, Lisa Lewis Russell, of Vero Beach, FL, two sisters and two brothers.