Sikeston - James William Lee, 99 years old, of Sikeston, died Monday at the Sells Rest Home in Matthews.
He was born Oct. 2, 1894, in Morley, the son of William Porter and Nancy Alice Misplay Lee.
He and Mannie Lay were married Apr. 1, 1939, in Osceola, Ark. She died May 9, 1990.
He owned and operated Lee's Dry Goods Store for several years.
He was a member of Henry Meldrum American Legion Post 114 in Sikeston and Webster Groves Masonic Lodge 84 AF&AM. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Survivors include a brother, W.P. Lee; four sisters, Birdie Stone, Elizabeth Rains, Pauline Griffith and Grace Sauer.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here.
Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.
Southeast Missourian
He was born Oct. 2, 1894, in Morley, the son of William Porter and Nancy Alice Misplay Lee.
He and Mannie Lay were married Apr. 1, 1939, in Osceola, Ark. She died May 9, 1990.
He owned and operated Lee's Dry Goods Store for several years.
He was a member of Henry Meldrum American Legion Post 114 in Sikeston and Webster Groves Masonic Lodge 84 AF&AM. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Survivors include a brother, W.P. Lee; four sisters, Birdie Stone, Elizabeth Rains, Pauline Griffith and Grace Sauer.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here.
Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.
Southeast Missourian
Sikeston - James William Lee, 99 years old, of Sikeston, died Monday at the Sells Rest Home in Matthews.
He was born Oct. 2, 1894, in Morley, the son of William Porter and Nancy Alice Misplay Lee.
He and Mannie Lay were married Apr. 1, 1939, in Osceola, Ark. She died May 9, 1990.
He owned and operated Lee's Dry Goods Store for several years.
He was a member of Henry Meldrum American Legion Post 114 in Sikeston and Webster Groves Masonic Lodge 84 AF&AM. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Survivors include a brother, W.P. Lee; four sisters, Birdie Stone, Elizabeth Rains, Pauline Griffith and Grace Sauer.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here.
Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.
Southeast Missourian
He was born Oct. 2, 1894, in Morley, the son of William Porter and Nancy Alice Misplay Lee.
He and Mannie Lay were married Apr. 1, 1939, in Osceola, Ark. She died May 9, 1990.
He owned and operated Lee's Dry Goods Store for several years.
He was a member of Henry Meldrum American Legion Post 114 in Sikeston and Webster Groves Masonic Lodge 84 AF&AM. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Survivors include a brother, W.P. Lee; four sisters, Birdie Stone, Elizabeth Rains, Pauline Griffith and Grace Sauer.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here.
Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery at Sikeston.
Southeast Missourian
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