SSGT Lee Amos Britton

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SSGT Lee Amos Britton

Birth
Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA
Death
18 May 1991 (aged 74)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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S/SGT - United States Army.∼Lee Amos Britton was born March 19, 1917 to Randolph Marion (R.M.) and Virgie Lee Whitfield Britton, the eighth child in a large family of 16 children, and twin to Luie Enos Britton.

He always said his family was poor in material things, but rich in love from their parents and for each other. His dad, like so many others during that time in our country, was a share cropper who moved his family quite often in Parker County, Texas. Records indicate whose farm each of the children were born on, including three who died at birth.

Lee left school after the 9th grade to help his mom and dad on the farm. He joined the U.S. Army in June of 1940, before World War II began. He served in the Pacific and participated in several battles in the Philippine Islands.

He met, courted and ultimately married Shirley Louise Feaster on December 31, 1941. From this union three children were born, Jimmie Lee, Delores Ann, and Carlton Lynn.

His beloved Louise died in 1973 from breast cancer and he remarried in 1977. He and his second wife, Beatrice Dixon, had a great relationship. They loved to travel in their camper and thoroughly enjoyed their life together.

In 1990 Lee was diagnosed with colon cancer which he bravely fought until his death in May 1991.

Lee was a kind, thoughtful, gentle person who loved to play jokes on his family and friends and was always ready for a new adventure. He was a wonderful husband and father and is greatly missed. However, he lives on in the hearts and memories of his family and friends.
S/SGT - United States Army.∼Lee Amos Britton was born March 19, 1917 to Randolph Marion (R.M.) and Virgie Lee Whitfield Britton, the eighth child in a large family of 16 children, and twin to Luie Enos Britton.

He always said his family was poor in material things, but rich in love from their parents and for each other. His dad, like so many others during that time in our country, was a share cropper who moved his family quite often in Parker County, Texas. Records indicate whose farm each of the children were born on, including three who died at birth.

Lee left school after the 9th grade to help his mom and dad on the farm. He joined the U.S. Army in June of 1940, before World War II began. He served in the Pacific and participated in several battles in the Philippine Islands.

He met, courted and ultimately married Shirley Louise Feaster on December 31, 1941. From this union three children were born, Jimmie Lee, Delores Ann, and Carlton Lynn.

His beloved Louise died in 1973 from breast cancer and he remarried in 1977. He and his second wife, Beatrice Dixon, had a great relationship. They loved to travel in their camper and thoroughly enjoyed their life together.

In 1990 Lee was diagnosed with colon cancer which he bravely fought until his death in May 1991.

Lee was a kind, thoughtful, gentle person who loved to play jokes on his family and friends and was always ready for a new adventure. He was a wonderful husband and father and is greatly missed. However, he lives on in the hearts and memories of his family and friends.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9190870/lee_amos-britton: accessed ), memorial page for SSGT Lee Amos Britton (19 Mar 1917–18 May 1991), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9190870, citing Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Roxie (contributor 47349823).