Edward
Franklin Lee
COLORADO CITY RECORD
MAY 1955
LORAINE RITES CONDUCTED FOR E. F. LEE, 75
Funeral service for Edward Franklin Lee, a retired farmer in the Loraine
Community, were conducted Monday afternoon in the First Baptist Church in
Loraine.
Lee, who had been ill for some time, died in Johnson Hospital Sunday
afternoon May 1, 1955 at the age of 75 years.
A member of the First Baptist Church, he had lived in the Loraine Community
for 58 years. He was born December 2, 1879, in Dallas County.
Reverend Leonard Hartley church pastor, officiated in the final rites.
Burial was in the Loraine Cemetery under the direction of Kiker and Son
Funeral Home. Pallbearers were nephews of Lee.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. "Tobe" Lee, and
two brothers, Jim Lee and George Lee; one grandson, Curtis Lee and one
granddaughter, Willa Lee.
Lee is survived by one son, Homan Lee of Odessa; four daughters, Mrs. V. H.
(Jewel) Wimberley of Loraine, Mrs. George (Ola) Reddin of Snyder, Mrs. M. C.
(Hazel) Kelly and Mrs. J. A. (Ettal) Black of Odessa: two brothers, Jess Lee
and Charley Lee of Loraine; seven grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren;
and one great-great-grandchild.
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