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Willie McGahee Obituary
WILLIE LEE MCGAHEE
ABBEVILLE… Willie Lee McGahee, a resident of Abbeville, Alabama, passed away Friday night, March 14, 2025, at his home. He was 85.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 22, 2025, at the Outreach for Souls Church in Abbeville, Alabama, with Bro. Jimmy Morris officiating. Burial will follow in the Abbeville Memorial East Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Friday evening at Wright Funeral Home & Crematory. Wright Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
Mr. McGahee was born in Odum, Georgia to the late Cleo McGahee, Sr. and Ida Lee Moore McGahee. He attended E.O. Douglas School in Sebring, Florida. He also served his country in the U.S. Army. Mr. McGahee was a man of faith, who founded and pastored the Outreach for Souls Church in Abbeville, Alabama. A former resident of Lake Placid, Florida, Mr. McGahee lived in Abbeville, Alabama for over fifty years.
Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his siblings, Mary Jane Robinson, Leroy McGahee, Sr., Cleo McGahee, Jr., and Rosa Lee Hawthorne.
Leaving to cherish his memories: wife, Lorraine Jerido McGahee; daughters, Karen Morris (Jimmy), Kamesha McGahee, and Michelle Oliver (Antwaun); son, Dwannal McGahee (Ronald); sisters, Margaree Kendrix, Thelma McGahee, Evelyn Taylor, and Addie McKinzie; brothers, James McGahee, Sr., Robert McGahee, John D. McGahee, Sr. (Ann), and Tom Hawthorne (Cheryl); and eight grandchildren.
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