West Carroll-Richland County Louisiana Archives News.....Rites for Mrs. W.R. Lee November 6, 1934
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West Carroll Gazette- Oak Grove, La. November 6, 1934
  Final rites for Mrs. Mary Virginia Lee, 76 year- old- widow  of the late 
William M. Lee, Sr. were held here at noon today, following death Wednesday 
morning.
  Funeral services were conducted from the home of the deceased, with the Rev. 
H.E. Pfost, pastor of the Oak Grove Methodist Church.  Rev. D.W. Poole, of the 
Mangham Methodist church and Rev. A.C. Holt, Baptist pastor at Mangham. 
officiating.  Interment was made in the Oak Grove Cemetery shortly after 12 
o'clock.
  A host of friends and relatives gathered at the services to pay respects to 
Mrs. Lee, a beloved lady who had been a devout Christian since early life and 
who was noted for her hospitality and friendliness in her home.  
  In addition to the many present, a profusion of floral offerings attested to 
the high esteem in which the deceased was held.
  Active pall bearers were her five grandsons; E.V. and Percy Denis, Claude 
Prine and Charles Parker, of Oak Grove, and P.H. Earl, of Rayville.
  Mr. and Mrs. Lee came to this parish in 1906 from Raymond, Miss. and until 
his death in 1929 Mr. Lee was actively engaged in farming and cattle business.
  The death of Mrs. Lee removes the last of the oldest original settlers of 
Hinds County, Miss.  
  She is survived by four children;  H.M. Lee, John R. Lee and W.R. Lee, all 
of Oak Grove, and Mrs. A.B. Beardsley, of Mangham.  Eight grandchildren, three 
great-grandchildren, and numerous other relatives also survive.
  Mrs. Lee's death came suddenly Wednesday morning as the result of a heart 
attack.  She was stricken at 7 o'clock and died less than three hours later.  
She had been in failing health for about six months.

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