Vernita "Nita" (Ray) Lee was born February 29, 1924, in Lancaster, Kentucky to the Harrison and Maggie Ray. On Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 90 years old, she passed at her residence of 67 years surrounded by her children, in Columbus, Ohio.
At seventeen years old, she moved to Columbus, Ohio to live with her brother, Bill. She later met her husband Alfred Lee, and were wed on Valentine's Day 1946.
Shortly after their union they had two children, Diana and Robert Lee. Vernita was a devoted homemaker until her children reached high school and she began her career at Sears Roebuck and Company until retiring in 1984.
She spent her retirement years enjoying gardening, visiting friends, spending time with family, playing numbers and bingo, and watching sports. On any Sunday afternoon you would find her cooking dinner for a small family gathering and sending plates to neighbors. She also volunteered as a foster grandparent for daycare centers for several years, spent numerous summers working at the Ohio State Fair, and worked the polls at election time well into her 80s.
Preceded by her husband of 24 years, Alfred E. Lee; parents, Harrison and Maggie Ray; brothers and sisters John Ray, William Ray, Burnam Ray, Nobel Ray, Hazel Beasley, Mary Ingram, Lourilla Hughes, Helena Love, and Rebecca Stewart.
Vernita is survived by daughter, Diana Lee; son, Robert E. (Jacqueline) Lee; grandson, Troy (Keysha) Hancock; granddaughter Michelle Drummonds; great-granddaughters, Layla Drummonds, Michaela Drummonds, Tia Hancock, Amira Hancock; sister, Evelyn Allman; brother-in-law, Booker Love; nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends. She will be missed, but never forgotten.
At seventeen years old, she moved to Columbus, Ohio to live with her brother, Bill. She later met her husband Alfred Lee, and were wed on Valentine's Day 1946.
Shortly after their union they had two children, Diana and Robert Lee. Vernita was a devoted homemaker until her children reached high school and she began her career at Sears Roebuck and Company until retiring in 1984.
She spent her retirement years enjoying gardening, visiting friends, spending time with family, playing numbers and bingo, and watching sports. On any Sunday afternoon you would find her cooking dinner for a small family gathering and sending plates to neighbors. She also volunteered as a foster grandparent for daycare centers for several years, spent numerous summers working at the Ohio State Fair, and worked the polls at election time well into her 80s.
Preceded by her husband of 24 years, Alfred E. Lee; parents, Harrison and Maggie Ray; brothers and sisters John Ray, William Ray, Burnam Ray, Nobel Ray, Hazel Beasley, Mary Ingram, Lourilla Hughes, Helena Love, and Rebecca Stewart.
Vernita is survived by daughter, Diana Lee; son, Robert E. (Jacqueline) Lee; grandson, Troy (Keysha) Hancock; granddaughter Michelle Drummonds; great-granddaughters, Layla Drummonds, Michaela Drummonds, Tia Hancock, Amira Hancock; sister, Evelyn Allman; brother-in-law, Booker Love; nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends. She will be missed, but never forgotten.
Vernita "Nita" (Ray) Lee was born February 29, 1924, in Lancaster, Kentucky to the Harrison and Maggie Ray. On Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 90 years old, she passed at her residence of 67 years surrounded by her children, in Columbus, Ohio.
At seventeen years old, she moved to Columbus, Ohio to live with her brother, Bill. She later met her husband Alfred Lee, and were wed on Valentine's Day 1946.
Shortly after their union they had two children, Diana and Robert Lee. Vernita was a devoted homemaker until her children reached high school and she began her career at Sears Roebuck and Company until retiring in 1984.
She spent her retirement years enjoying gardening, visiting friends, spending time with family, playing numbers and bingo, and watching sports. On any Sunday afternoon you would find her cooking dinner for a small family gathering and sending plates to neighbors. She also volunteered as a foster grandparent for daycare centers for several years, spent numerous summers working at the Ohio State Fair, and worked the polls at election time well into her 80s.
Preceded by her husband of 24 years, Alfred E. Lee; parents, Harrison and Maggie Ray; brothers and sisters John Ray, William Ray, Burnam Ray, Nobel Ray, Hazel Beasley, Mary Ingram, Lourilla Hughes, Helena Love, and Rebecca Stewart.
Vernita is survived by daughter, Diana Lee; son, Robert E. (Jacqueline) Lee; grandson, Troy (Keysha) Hancock; granddaughter Michelle Drummonds; great-granddaughters, Layla Drummonds, Michaela Drummonds, Tia Hancock, Amira Hancock; sister, Evelyn Allman; brother-in-law, Booker Love; nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends. She will be missed, but never forgotten.
At seventeen years old, she moved to Columbus, Ohio to live with her brother, Bill. She later met her husband Alfred Lee, and were wed on Valentine's Day 1946.
Shortly after their union they had two children, Diana and Robert Lee. Vernita was a devoted homemaker until her children reached high school and she began her career at Sears Roebuck and Company until retiring in 1984.
She spent her retirement years enjoying gardening, visiting friends, spending time with family, playing numbers and bingo, and watching sports. On any Sunday afternoon you would find her cooking dinner for a small family gathering and sending plates to neighbors. She also volunteered as a foster grandparent for daycare centers for several years, spent numerous summers working at the Ohio State Fair, and worked the polls at election time well into her 80s.
Preceded by her husband of 24 years, Alfred E. Lee; parents, Harrison and Maggie Ray; brothers and sisters John Ray, William Ray, Burnam Ray, Nobel Ray, Hazel Beasley, Mary Ingram, Lourilla Hughes, Helena Love, and Rebecca Stewart.
Vernita is survived by daughter, Diana Lee; son, Robert E. (Jacqueline) Lee; grandson, Troy (Keysha) Hancock; granddaughter Michelle Drummonds; great-granddaughters, Layla Drummonds, Michaela Drummonds, Tia Hancock, Amira Hancock; sister, Evelyn Allman; brother-in-law, Booker Love; nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends. She will be missed, but never forgotten.
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