Eddie James Lee Sr.

Published 9:16 pm Monday, April 14, 2025

Funeral services for Eddie James Lee Sr. are to be held Saturday, April 19, at 11 a.m. in the Zion Traveler M.B. Church, 1701 Poplar St., with the Rev. Alfred E. Lassiter Jr. officiating. Interment shall follow in the Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Friday, April 18, in the funeral home from 5 to 6 p.m.

Eddie James Lee Sr. went to be with the Lord Tuesday, April 8, following a brief illness. He was 82. He worked for Waterways Experiment Station (ERDC) and was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James Lee and Idella Robinson; his son, Eddie James Lee Jr.; his brother, Robert Lee; and his sister, Johnnie B. Anthony.

He is survived by his wife, Doris Lee; his daughters, Vanessa Williams of Clarksville, Tennessee and Alisa Younger of Vicksburg; his sister, Mary Pines of North Carolina; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.