Virginia Reynolds Hodges Lee, beloved wife of 65 years of Ralph Edwin Lee Jr., died March 16, 2014, at her home.
Born Dec. 21, 1919, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Deland Hodges and Virginia Reynolds Hodges. Mrs. Lee was a member of The Church of the Holy Comforter. She attended Converse College and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of South Carolina. She was a member of the Episcopal Church Women, the Stateburg Literary Society and many other community organizations. Upon graduating from college, she taught high school English and Latin in St. Matthews. She became the assistant to the dean of the Law School at the University of South Carolina before serving in the United States Navy WAVES during World War II. Upon her marriage to Ralph, she devoted herself to her family and volunteered her time and talent in many ways, including being a Sunday school teacher and Girl Scout troop leader.
Surviving are her husband of Sumter; two daughters, Maria Lee Pollak and husband, Abraham Alex, of Columbia and Elizabeth Lee Lanz and husband, John, of Lake Chautauqua, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Benjamin Deland Pollak of New York, N.Y., and Leah Pollak Galdo and husband, Nils, of Santiago, Chile; and a great-granddaughter, Philippa Elizabeth Galdo.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie Hodges Bald and Elizabeth Hodges Andrews.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at The Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg, where Mr. and Mrs. Lee were married in 1948. The Very Rev. Dr. John MacReadie Barr III, the Rev. Marcus Kaiser and the Rev. Michael Ridgill will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Church of the Holy Comforter Building Fund, P.O. Box 338, Sumter, SC 29151; to The Church of the Holy Cross, 335 N. Kings Highway, Sumter, SC 29154; or to United Ministries, P.O. Box 1017, Sumter, SC 29151.
Born Dec. 21, 1919, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Deland Hodges and Virginia Reynolds Hodges. Mrs. Lee was a member of The Church of the Holy Comforter. She attended Converse College and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of South Carolina. She was a member of the Episcopal Church Women, the Stateburg Literary Society and many other community organizations. Upon graduating from college, she taught high school English and Latin in St. Matthews. She became the assistant to the dean of the Law School at the University of South Carolina before serving in the United States Navy WAVES during World War II. Upon her marriage to Ralph, she devoted herself to her family and volunteered her time and talent in many ways, including being a Sunday school teacher and Girl Scout troop leader.
Surviving are her husband of Sumter; two daughters, Maria Lee Pollak and husband, Abraham Alex, of Columbia and Elizabeth Lee Lanz and husband, John, of Lake Chautauqua, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Benjamin Deland Pollak of New York, N.Y., and Leah Pollak Galdo and husband, Nils, of Santiago, Chile; and a great-granddaughter, Philippa Elizabeth Galdo.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie Hodges Bald and Elizabeth Hodges Andrews.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at The Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg, where Mr. and Mrs. Lee were married in 1948. The Very Rev. Dr. John MacReadie Barr III, the Rev. Marcus Kaiser and the Rev. Michael Ridgill will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Church of the Holy Comforter Building Fund, P.O. Box 338, Sumter, SC 29151; to The Church of the Holy Cross, 335 N. Kings Highway, Sumter, SC 29154; or to United Ministries, P.O. Box 1017, Sumter, SC 29151.
Virginia Reynolds Hodges Lee, beloved wife of 65 years of Ralph Edwin Lee Jr., died March 16, 2014, at her home.
Born Dec. 21, 1919, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Deland Hodges and Virginia Reynolds Hodges. Mrs. Lee was a member of The Church of the Holy Comforter. She attended Converse College and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of South Carolina. She was a member of the Episcopal Church Women, the Stateburg Literary Society and many other community organizations. Upon graduating from college, she taught high school English and Latin in St. Matthews. She became the assistant to the dean of the Law School at the University of South Carolina before serving in the United States Navy WAVES during World War II. Upon her marriage to Ralph, she devoted herself to her family and volunteered her time and talent in many ways, including being a Sunday school teacher and Girl Scout troop leader.
Surviving are her husband of Sumter; two daughters, Maria Lee Pollak and husband, Abraham Alex, of Columbia and Elizabeth Lee Lanz and husband, John, of Lake Chautauqua, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Benjamin Deland Pollak of New York, N.Y., and Leah Pollak Galdo and husband, Nils, of Santiago, Chile; and a great-granddaughter, Philippa Elizabeth Galdo.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie Hodges Bald and Elizabeth Hodges Andrews.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at The Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg, where Mr. and Mrs. Lee were married in 1948. The Very Rev. Dr. John MacReadie Barr III, the Rev. Marcus Kaiser and the Rev. Michael Ridgill will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Church of the Holy Comforter Building Fund, P.O. Box 338, Sumter, SC 29151; to The Church of the Holy Cross, 335 N. Kings Highway, Sumter, SC 29154; or to United Ministries, P.O. Box 1017, Sumter, SC 29151.
Born Dec. 21, 1919, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Deland Hodges and Virginia Reynolds Hodges. Mrs. Lee was a member of The Church of the Holy Comforter. She attended Converse College and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of South Carolina. She was a member of the Episcopal Church Women, the Stateburg Literary Society and many other community organizations. Upon graduating from college, she taught high school English and Latin in St. Matthews. She became the assistant to the dean of the Law School at the University of South Carolina before serving in the United States Navy WAVES during World War II. Upon her marriage to Ralph, she devoted herself to her family and volunteered her time and talent in many ways, including being a Sunday school teacher and Girl Scout troop leader.
Surviving are her husband of Sumter; two daughters, Maria Lee Pollak and husband, Abraham Alex, of Columbia and Elizabeth Lee Lanz and husband, John, of Lake Chautauqua, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Benjamin Deland Pollak of New York, N.Y., and Leah Pollak Galdo and husband, Nils, of Santiago, Chile; and a great-granddaughter, Philippa Elizabeth Galdo.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Marie Hodges Bald and Elizabeth Hodges Andrews.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at The Church of the Holy Cross in Stateburg, where Mr. and Mrs. Lee were married in 1948. The Very Rev. Dr. John MacReadie Barr III, the Rev. Marcus Kaiser and the Rev. Michael Ridgill will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Church of the Holy Comforter Building Fund, P.O. Box 338, Sumter, SC 29151; to The Church of the Holy Cross, 335 N. Kings Highway, Sumter, SC 29154; or to United Ministries, P.O. Box 1017, Sumter, SC 29151.
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