Southampton-Isle of Wight-Nansemond 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.

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JOHN PATRICK LEE

    Funeral services for John Patrick Lee, 79, of Suffolk, the brother of Mrs. 
J.A. Williams of Franklin, were held at the I.O. Hill and Company funeral home 
today (Thursday) at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. George D. Alley, pastor of the Suffolk 
Christian Church and Rev. Walter Wichard, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal 
Church, officiating.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

   Mr. Lee died Tuesday, March 13, at 6 p.m. at Obici Memorial Hospital, 
Suffolk, after having suffered a heart attack a short time before.

   He 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.

  Mr. Lee, a graduate of Elon College and University of Virginia, 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, having served as 
its superintendent, and was still serving in a legal capacity at the time of 
his death.

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

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


John Patrick LEE, real estate man, formerly with Portsmouth Water Dept., 
b. Lee's Mill, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 Mar 1956, Suffolk, age 79, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 66B/67B*), Franklin, 
   15 Mar 1956, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 15, 1956, Section I, p. 4  

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS}, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 21, 1916) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000a1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 16, 1933, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/l000m5ob.txt 


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