Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Lee, John P., 1956 

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JOHN PATRICK LEE

   Funeral services for John Patrick Lee, 79, of 811 Gettings Street real estate 
man and former superintendent here for the Portsmouth Water Department, who died 
from a heart attack at Obici Hospital last night at 6:30, will be held Thursday 
at 2:30 p.m. at the I.O. Hill and Company funeral home. Officiating will be the 
Rev. George D. Alley, pastor of the Suffolk Christian Church, and the Rev. 
Walter Whichard rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

   Mr. Lee was a graduate of Elon College and the University of Virginia and had 
been in the real estate business for 25 years. Prior to that time he had been 
associated with the Portsmouth Water Department for 30 years and at the time of 
his death, was still serving in a legal capacity.

   He was a charter member of Suffolk Lodge, B.P.O.E.; chairman of the Selective 
Service Board from the time it was organized during World War II, and was a 
member of Suffolk Christian Church.

   Mr. Lee was a native of Isle of Wight County, the son of the late Albert T. 
and Mary Copeland Lee, and was born at Lee’s Mill.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Atkins Lee; a sister, Mrs. J.A. Williams, 
of Franklin, and two nieces, Mrs. Everett R. Bryant and Miss Dorothy Williams, 
both of Franklin.


[John Patrick LEE, 
 b. Lee's Mill, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 Mar 1956, Suffolk, age 79, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Sect. 1, Plot 66B), Franklin, 15 Mar 1956, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown, ca. Mar. 14, 1956.] 

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