Obit: Rev. John Wesley Lee , Natchitoches Parish La
Submitted by: Danelli Faccone



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REV. J. W. LEE
The Natchitoches Times January 21, 1965


Rev. J. W. Lee, Retired Minister Dies in Sleep At His Home Here

Funeral services for the Rev. John Wesley Lee, 79, were held Tuesday at 10 am
in College Avenue Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dell Durand officiating,
assisted by Dr. Jolly B. Harper, pastor of First Methodist Church, and the
Rev. Jimmy Bolton.  Interment was in Welcome Home Cemetery at Grayson, where
graveside services were conducted at 2 pm

Reverend Lee died in his sleep Sunday, Jan. 17 at his home on Robeline Road.

He was a retired minister and served for 52 years in Methodist Churches
throughout the state.  He was past president of the Louisiana Conference of
Methodist Churches.

Reverend Lee is survived by his widow, Mrs. Orpha Calk Lee; seven daughters,
Mrs. Clyde Waters of Natchitoches, Mrs. Richard Cosenca of Alexandria, Mrs. B.
L. Fisher of Columbia, Mrs. Edna Hill of Liberty, Tex., Mrs Dwight Hearne of
Baton Roughe, Mrs. Georgia Gillespie of Kingsport Tenn., and Mrs. Jerry
McCrary of Shreveport; 11 sons, Tommy, Lynn, and David Lee all of
Natchitoches, Charles Lee, US Navy, Charleston S.C., Richard Lee, U. S. Arie
Force, Marquette Mich., Billy Lee of Atlanta, Gal, Norman Lee of Lake Charles,
Clarence Lee of Liberty, Tex., Johnny and Wilson Lee, both of Beaumont, Tex.,
and Dallas Calk of Shreveport; one sister, Mrs. Ann Storie of Battle Creek
Mich.; 34 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.

Active pallbearers were Louis R.  Bryant, H. E. Corley, Woodrow Whitford, J.
C. McCorey, T. J. McBride, and J. W. Davis.

Honorary pallbearers were the Reverends W. E. Anding, James W. Jones, Jimmy
Pyles, Oliver S. Roberts, Henry Isgitt, and Mrs. Lula Wardlow, and Willie
Beedlove.