Photo courtesy of Crofts-Crow Funeral Home - Blanco
Mar 30, 1938 - Feb 12, 2026
My memories go back to when I was 10! Mr. Lacy smiled a lot, had a great sense of humor, had a strong BS meter and loved his family. I was so happy my parents were friends with the Lacy’s. Many lovely memories. He was salt of the earth!!!!
M Lissa Steel
February 20, 2026 | New Braunfels, TX | Friend
MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO BEVERLY AND THE EXTENDED LACY FAMILY. LEE WAS MY DAD J.E. MURDOCKS NEPHEW. I LOVED LEE,S MOTHER MY AUNT KATHRYN. SHE WAS A PRECIOUS JEWEL. LEE WAS VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL RANCH TO RESIDE AS WELL AS A WONDERFUL WIFE AND ENTIRE CLOSE HELPFUL FAMILY TO LEAN ON. MAY HE REST IN PEACE NOW AND GOD BE WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND LOVING FAMILY. SINCERELY JAYLENE BARTON.
Jaylene Barton
February 18, 2026 | Des Moines, IA | Family
We feel very fortunate to have become neighbors and friends with Lee and Beverly. I always enjoyed talking with Lee about his animals and life out on the Ranch. I know he will be missed.
Eric Rhoden
February 17, 2026 | Austin, TX | Neighbor
Wiles Lee Lacy was born to Kathryn Eva Murdock Lacy and Wiles Latham Lacy on March 30, 1938 in Carthage, Missouri and passed away at home in Kendall County, Texas on February 12, 2026. Lee was the oldest of three sons, including Patrick Allen Lacy and Michael Leon Lacy. The family moved to Chattanooga, TN where he graduated from Central High School in 1956. Lee and his former spouse, Ann Kennedy, had one son (Marty). Moving to San Antonio, TX in 1956, he pursued a career in the masonry business. He met Beverly Jean Buchhorn and they married in 1960, later having their daughter, Christen. Lee served in the US Army during the Berlin Crisis. Lee and his brother, Mike, and mother, Kathryn, owned Lacy Masonry, Inc in San Antonio for twenty-three years. Lee and Bev lived in New Braunfels for thirty-eight years.
Lee was a passionate lifelong fisherman, owning his first boat in high school and pursuing saltwater fishing for many happy years at the family beach house in Rockport. He also enjoyed flying private aircraft, and hunting deer and turkey.
Upon his retirement Lee and Bev moved to the family ranch near Kendalia and Blanco Texas. Lee cared for a herd of Texas longhorns, llamas, sheep and goats, and miniature donkeys. In the process, he met many wonderful neighbors who became valued friends. Lee loved to sit on their porch, admiring the view of the Hill Country with a cup of coffee, while visiting with family and friends.
Lee was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Pat. He is survived by Beverly, his wife of 66 years of Blanco, TX. His daughter, Chris (John) Milani of Southlake, TX. His son, Marty (Linda) Ottinger of Birchwood, TN. His granddaughter, Lacy (Doug) Ingalls of Southlake, TX. His grandson, Reagan (Malissa) Milani of Bulverde, TX. His great grandsons Raylan Ingalls and Knox Ingalls. He is also survived by his youngest brother, Mike (Lucretia) Lacy of New Braunfels, TX.
Lee’s ashes will be scattered on the family ranch in a private ceremony.
His legacy lives on in the land he loved, the animals he cared for, and the family who will always call the ranch “home” because of him.
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