Obits: Obit of Mrs. M. J. Lee; Webster Par., Louisiana Submitted by: Pat Foster-King Date: Sept. 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ???--At her home at Walnut Hills, Ark., At half past 7 o'clock p.m., May ?, 1900, Mrs. M. J. Lee, aged 60 years, seven months and four days. Mrs. Lee was born at Tuscumbia, Ala., October 11, 1830. She married James A. Lee, of Chester District, South Carolina, in 1849. In 1851 she removed with her husband to Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and settled in the neighborhood now known as Cotton Valley. This was the name given by the Lee's to their new western home."She united with the Christian Church in 1855 at Cotton Valley and lived the life of a true Christian until her death. In 1857 the family removed to Walnut Hills, Ark., and after a sojourn of 16 years in that state, returned (in 1873) to Bossier Parish and resided near Plain Dealing until Mr. Lee's death, which occurred in the month of February,1889. After the loss of her husband, Mother Lee again removed to Walnut Hills, and made that her home the remainder of her life. "Mrs. Lee was a lady of rare intellect, and she possessed many noble traits of characterr. She was industrious, frugal and charitable; the needy were never turned away from her door unaided. Her natural intellectual endowments, amiable disposition, and love for the beautiful in life always attracted around her a coterie of the best society the country afforded. She was a dear and devoted mother, and was loved of all who knew her. She leaves three sons, R. E. Lee of Benton, La.,; G.M. and R. R (continued on page 2) Lee of Walnut hIlls, and six grandchildren to mourn her loss. "GENE LEE" (signed) (Mrs. R. E. Lee)--From the Bossier Banner, May 31, 1900 ***NOTE--The Gene Allan Lee referred to above was an Allen before her marriage ? R. L. (Dick) Lee of Benton, according to Mrs. Eleanor Allen Gleason of ?? in ????, and the marriage records of Bossier Parish. Dick Lee and wife ?? had a son to die in Benton, Ark., and a daughter who liven in Florida. ?? Gleason thinks Gene went to live with the son in Benton after her daughter ??? in Florida. Mrs. Gleason to Manry, March 22, 1971). The other Mrs. Lee I have not placed. JOHN A MANRY, Box 447, Plain Dealing, La. 71064