Joe Lee Poyer

POYER - Joe Lee, longtime Tulsa resident, passed away Friday, August 15, 2008, in Catonsville, MD. Lee was born December 29, 1931, in Tulsa, to the late Lee B. and Marie Ramsay Poyer. Lee graduated in 1950 from Will Rogers High School, Tulsa. He earned a BS degree in chemistry in 1954 and a PhD degree in biochemistry in 1969, both from the University of Oklahoma. He was a member of the Acacia Fraternity. He worked for the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation from 1959 to 1996. Lee is survived by his wife of 10 years, Carol Lane, of Columbia, MD; by his uncle Glenn Ramsay, of Tulsa; by his cousins, William Ramsay, of Tulsa, Susan Ramsay Clemishire, of Hominy, Thomas Ramsay, of Coyle, Carol Poyer Sisson, of Belvidere, IL, and Jeanne Poyer Oliver, of Rockport, TX. There will be a graveside service and a reception in mid-October. We encourage you to sign the online guest book. Lee wished donations be sent to Harvard Ave. Baptist Church, 3235 E. 17th St., Tulsa, OK 74104. Joe Lee Poyer V IEW AND SIGN THE ONLINE GUEST BOOK: www.legacy.com/tulsaworld