GERALD E. LEE

Gerald E. Lee FLORENCE - Gerald E. Lee, 84, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at Carolinas Hospital, Florence, SC. A Funeral Service will be Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. in the Mausoleum of Florence Memorial Gardens. Entombment will be in the Mausoleum. The family will speak to attending guest after the service and at other time at the residence at 3301 Forest Lake Dr, Florence, SC. Mr. Lee was born in Latta, SC, the son of the late L.M. and Annie McKenzie Lee. He was a US Naval Air Corp Veteran of WWII. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church. He was a former member and Sunday school teacher of Marion Baptist Church and later at First Baptist Church in Florence, SC. He served on the Building and Grounds Committee and in other capacities at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Mr. Lee was an Installation Maintenance Supervisor for Bell South when he retired after 36 years. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers, the American Legion and a Master Mason. He will be remembered best of all by family and friends as Grand-Grand and Great Grand-Grand. He devoted his efforts to help raise two generations of fatherless children. His hobbies were fishing, gardening, woodworking, music and sporting events. Surviving are his wife of 60 years Mary Layton Lane Lee, Florence; two daughters, Teri L Barnes, Florence, Mary Evelyn "Mitzi" Lee Murrells, SC; two sons, Martin Christopher Lee, Florence, James Russell "Rusty" Lee, Wilmington, NC; three brothers, L.M. Lee, Jr., Summerton, Malcolm Lee, Hillsborough, NC, Louis D. Lee, Butler, Tenn.; sister, Doris Lee Neely, Raleigh, NC; grandchildren, Tatum Barnes, Arnie F. Sabino, Nikki (Josh) Lachen, Ryan Lee, Ginger, Bryan and Brett Lee, great grandchildren, Blanca, Beya, Christian and Devin Sabina. Memorials may be made to the Ebenezer Baptist Building Fund, 524 S. Ebenezer Rd., Florence, SC 29501 or Connie Maxwell Children Home, P O Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29648. Layton-Anderson Funeral Home, 4210 W. Palmetto St. Florence, SC is assisting the family.