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Lee O. Denney 
(February 7, 1932 - September 3, 2006) 


 Funeral services for Mr. Lee O. Denney, of Lanely, were held on Wednesday, 
 September 6, 2006 at 10:00a.m. in the chapel at Ricks-Bowers Funeral Home. 
 Bro. Carl Clark officiated. Interment followed the services at Dew Cemetery. 
 Serving as pallbearers were Joe Fuentez, G. V. Long, Grady Hill, Terry McDaniel, 
 Bailey Stinson, and John Golmon. 
 
 Mr. Denney passed away on Sunday, September  3, 2006, at Parkview Regional 
 Hospital in Mexia. Mr. Denney had lived in  Lanely the past twenty-five years. 
 He retired from J. W. Operating Co. as a  Pumper. He loved horses and donkeys 
 and enjoyed raising and trading them. He  also raised cattle for several years. 
 Mr. Denney was a member of Corinth  Baptist Church in Dew. 
 
 He is survived by one son, Jerry Tackett & wife Jean,  one daughter, Vicki 
 Graves & husband Ray, two grandchildren, Heath Tackett and  Angie Fogle & 
 husband Lee, two great-grandchildren, MacKenzie and Brayden Fogle,  all of 
 Teague; one brother, Jewell P. Denney of Pascagoula, MS; two sisters,  Leona 
 Varnado of Summit, MS and Elizabeth Hutcherson of Mocksville, NC; a host 
 of nephews and nieces who loved their “Uncle Red”. 
 
 He was preceded in death by his wife of twenty-five years, Martha Jo Denney; 
 three brothers, Roy Denney, Jerry Denney, and Troy Denney; and his parents, 
 Robert Russell and Vallie  Wilkinson Denney.