James Lelan "PawPaw" Lee passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at the St. Helena Parish Hospital. He was 87, a resident of Greensburg and a native of McComb, Miss.
He retired from Transco-Williams Pipeline, where he had been employed for 33 years.
Visitation will be held at Red Bluff Baptist Church, Greensburg, until service, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Day. Interment at Red Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Lee Aaron and Jack Aaron, of Jackson; and grandchildren, Jason and wife Liz Aaron, of Slaughter, Dana Aaron and Stacey Vice, both of Jackson. He also leaves behind six great-grandchildren that he loved and who made him proud, Caleb Aaron, Trevor Vice, Jared Thompson, Dakota Thompson, Emily Vice and James Elliot "Cowboy" Aaron.
He was preceded in death by his father, James "Jimmy" Lee; mother, Lela Newsome Lee; great-grandchild, Aaron Cheyenne Thompson; first wife, Imogene Frazier Lee; and second wife, Rita Hyde Lee.
Pallbearers will be Jason Aaron, Caleb Aaron, Trevor Vice, Dakota Thompson, Bo Staples, Brad DeBlanc and James Elliott "Cowboy" Aaron. Honorary pallbearers are Homer Carter, Jerry Dedon and Charles Frazier.
Leland was a proud World War II veteran having served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Tangier. He was an avid fox hunter, leaving behind many old friends.
Special thanks and appreciation to Primecare Health Services and the doctors and staff at St. Helena Parish Hospital.
He retired from Transco-Williams Pipeline, where he had been employed for 33 years.
Visitation will be held at Red Bluff Baptist Church, Greensburg, until service, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Day. Interment at Red Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Lee Aaron and Jack Aaron, of Jackson; and grandchildren, Jason and wife Liz Aaron, of Slaughter, Dana Aaron and Stacey Vice, both of Jackson. He also leaves behind six great-grandchildren that he loved and who made him proud, Caleb Aaron, Trevor Vice, Jared Thompson, Dakota Thompson, Emily Vice and James Elliot "Cowboy" Aaron.
He was preceded in death by his father, James "Jimmy" Lee; mother, Lela Newsome Lee; great-grandchild, Aaron Cheyenne Thompson; first wife, Imogene Frazier Lee; and second wife, Rita Hyde Lee.
Pallbearers will be Jason Aaron, Caleb Aaron, Trevor Vice, Dakota Thompson, Bo Staples, Brad DeBlanc and James Elliott "Cowboy" Aaron. Honorary pallbearers are Homer Carter, Jerry Dedon and Charles Frazier.
Leland was a proud World War II veteran having served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Tangier. He was an avid fox hunter, leaving behind many old friends.
Special thanks and appreciation to Primecare Health Services and the doctors and staff at St. Helena Parish Hospital.
James Lelan "PawPaw" Lee passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at the St. Helena Parish Hospital. He was 87, a resident of Greensburg and a native of McComb, Miss.
He retired from Transco-Williams Pipeline, where he had been employed for 33 years.
Visitation will be held at Red Bluff Baptist Church, Greensburg, until service, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Day. Interment at Red Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Lee Aaron and Jack Aaron, of Jackson; and grandchildren, Jason and wife Liz Aaron, of Slaughter, Dana Aaron and Stacey Vice, both of Jackson. He also leaves behind six great-grandchildren that he loved and who made him proud, Caleb Aaron, Trevor Vice, Jared Thompson, Dakota Thompson, Emily Vice and James Elliot "Cowboy" Aaron.
He was preceded in death by his father, James "Jimmy" Lee; mother, Lela Newsome Lee; great-grandchild, Aaron Cheyenne Thompson; first wife, Imogene Frazier Lee; and second wife, Rita Hyde Lee.
Pallbearers will be Jason Aaron, Caleb Aaron, Trevor Vice, Dakota Thompson, Bo Staples, Brad DeBlanc and James Elliott "Cowboy" Aaron. Honorary pallbearers are Homer Carter, Jerry Dedon and Charles Frazier.
Leland was a proud World War II veteran having served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Tangier. He was an avid fox hunter, leaving behind many old friends.
Special thanks and appreciation to Primecare Health Services and the doctors and staff at St. Helena Parish Hospital.
He retired from Transco-Williams Pipeline, where he had been employed for 33 years.
Visitation will be held at Red Bluff Baptist Church, Greensburg, until service, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Day. Interment at Red Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Lee Aaron and Jack Aaron, of Jackson; and grandchildren, Jason and wife Liz Aaron, of Slaughter, Dana Aaron and Stacey Vice, both of Jackson. He also leaves behind six great-grandchildren that he loved and who made him proud, Caleb Aaron, Trevor Vice, Jared Thompson, Dakota Thompson, Emily Vice and James Elliot "Cowboy" Aaron.
He was preceded in death by his father, James "Jimmy" Lee; mother, Lela Newsome Lee; great-grandchild, Aaron Cheyenne Thompson; first wife, Imogene Frazier Lee; and second wife, Rita Hyde Lee.
Pallbearers will be Jason Aaron, Caleb Aaron, Trevor Vice, Dakota Thompson, Bo Staples, Brad DeBlanc and James Elliott "Cowboy" Aaron. Honorary pallbearers are Homer Carter, Jerry Dedon and Charles Frazier.
Leland was a proud World War II veteran having served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Tangier. He was an avid fox hunter, leaving behind many old friends.
Special thanks and appreciation to Primecare Health Services and the doctors and staff at St. Helena Parish Hospital.
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Imogene Frazier Lee was the first wife, Rita Hyde Lee, the second.
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