JAMES WILLIAM (JIM) LEE
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3:30 at the Church of Christ for James William Lee, 61, with Minister C. Y. Pettigrew of Weinert, Texas, officiating.
James William Lee was born May 18, 1884 in Dallas County, Texas and passed away November 15, 1945, following an accident in which he was hit by a car.
He came to Mitchell County in December 1897 and has lived near Loraine since.
He was preceded in death by his parents George Washington (Tobe) Lee and Mollie Mills Lee; two daughters, Mary Edna Lee and Helen Irene Lee.
He is survived by hie wife Myrtle Rone Lee and nine children: Olan of Loraine, Aldin of Phoenix, Arizona, Raymond of the U. S. Navy, Elvis of Texas Tech in Lubbock, Gertha Davidson of Lubbock, Lynette Slaughter, Ina Bess Compton, Ruth Turnbow and Modelle Brookshire all of Loraine; 13 grandchildren, Anna Lee, Bobby and Lynda Jane Slaughter, Mary Beth, Buddy and Marsha Compton, Jimmy, Jerry, and Gary Turnbow, Bobbie and Jimmy Lee, Donny and Billy Brookshire.
Pallbearers were Homan Lee, Burdette Lee, George Manuel Lee, Doyce Lee, J.C. Freeman, and Delmar McDaniel. Flower bearers were Melba Lee, Joyce Lee, Alma Lee, Christine Pyle, Margaret Watson, and Latrice Bassham.
He was laid to rest in the Loraine Cemetery by the side of his two little girls.
JAMES WILLIAM (JIM) LEE
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3:30 at the Church of Christ for James William Lee, 61, with Minister C. Y. Pettigrew of Weinert, Texas, officiating.
James William Lee was born May 18, 1884 in Dallas County, Texas and passed away November 15, 1945, following an accident in which he was hit by a car.
He came to Mitchell County in December 1897 and has lived near Loraine since.
He was preceded in death by his parents George Washington (Tobe) Lee and Mollie Mills Lee; two daughters, Mary Edna Lee and Helen Irene Lee.
He is survived by hie wife Myrtle Rone Lee and nine children: Olan of Loraine, Aldin of Phoenix, Arizona, Raymond of the U. S. Navy, Elvis of Texas Tech in Lubbock, Gertha Davidson of Lubbock, Lynette Slaughter, Ina Bess Compton, Ruth Turnbow and Modelle Brookshire all of Loraine; 13 grandchildren, Anna Lee, Bobby and Lynda Jane Slaughter, Mary Beth, Buddy and Marsha Compton, Jimmy, Jerry, and Gary Turnbow, Bobbie and Jimmy Lee, Donny and Billy Brookshire.
Pallbearers were Homan Lee, Burdette Lee, George Manuel Lee, Doyce Lee, J.C. Freeman, and Delmar McDaniel. Flower bearers were Melba Lee, Joyce Lee, Alma Lee, Christine Pyle, Margaret Watson, and Latrice Bassham.
He was laid to rest in the Loraine Cemetery by the side of his two little girls.
Family Members
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Olan Edward Lee
1909–1994
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Gertha Lucille Lee Davidson
1911–1967
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Mabel Lynette Lee Slaughter
1913–1992
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Ina Bess Lee Compton
1915–1957
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Ruth Elizabeth Lee Turnbow
1917–1998
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James Aldin Lee
1918–1999
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Mary Edna Lee
1920–1920
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Viola Modelle Lee Brookshire
1921–2015
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Helen Irene Lee
1923–1926
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Raymond Otis Lee
1925–2020
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Elvis Byron Lee
1928–2023
