Mr. Lee retired from Planters Peanut Company after 43 years of service. He was a member of Union Branch Baptist Church, Corapeake, North Carolina, where he was a deacon and President of the Usher Board. He was also a member of the Center Light Masonic Lodge #165.
His survivors include his son, Wayne Lee and his wife, Tonda Lee of East Orange, NJ; devoted friend, Ms. Mildred Roberts of Suffolk; goddaughter, Barbara Blount (Richard) of Suffolk; grandchildren, Lavon Lee Van Der Toorn (Jan Van Der Toorn) of Germany, Stacy Battles of New Jersey, and Tawan Battles (Tara) of Tennessee; great grandchildren, Jordan Van Der Toorn and Jaydon Van Der Toorn of Germany, Tyler Battles and Talen Battles of Tennessee; two sisters, Minnie Wiggins of Hampton and Catherine Ferror of New York; one brother, Frank Lee of Hampton; and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. July 14, 2008 at Union Branch Baptist Church, Corapeake, NC, officiated by the Rev. Nathaniel Thomas. Interment will be in the church cemetery. A Wake will be held at Crocker Funeral Home from 5:00-6:00 pm Sunday.
