Charles Edwin Lee b. 28 Nov 1884 Hunt, Johnson Co., AR d. 11 Mar 1946 Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK Married: 1 Dec 1907 Franklin Co., AR Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Johnson Co., AR Father Edward Edwin Lee Mother: Julia Ann Hardgraves
wife: Essie Cecil Shamblin Hope Gardner b. 7 Oct 1886 Johnson Co., AR d. 18 Jul 1970 Booneville, Logan Co., AR Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Hunt, Johnson Co., AR Father: John William Shamblin Mother: Frances Savannah "Fannie" Holladay
Children
Infant Lee b. 4 Nov 1908 Hunt, Johnson Co., AR d. 4 Nov 1908 Hunt, Johnson Co., AR Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Hunt, Johnson Co., AR
Catherine Avis Edna Lee b. 18 Mar 1912 Hunt, Johnson Co., AR d. 29 Dec 2005 Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Hunt, Johnson Co., AR married: 31 Oct 1932
Husband: Alfred F. Bohannon b. 18 Aug 1910 d. 31 Jan 2002 Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Hunt, Johnson Co., AR
Charles Harlin Lee b. 8 Oct 1916 Hunt, Johnson Co., AR d. 18 Dec 2000 Muskogee, Muskogee Co., OK Married: 11 Dec 1937 Ozark, Franklin Co., AR Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Hunt, Johnson Co., AR
Wife: Matt "Mattie" Frank Knight b. 1 Oct 1916 d. 16 Mar 1982 Wagoner, Wagoner Co., OK Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Hunt, Johnson Co., AR
Coy Cecil Lee b. 19 Sep 1922 Hunt, Johnson Co., AR d. 25 Jun 2009 Eastgate Village, Muskogee, OK 1st Marriage: 27 Jun 1944 Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX 2nd Marriage: 14 Oct 1978 Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., AR Buried: Highland Cemetery, Ozark, AR
1st Wife: Constance Benson "Connie" Smith b. 18 Aug 1923 Archer City, Archer Co., TX d. 25 Apr 1978 Muskogee, Muskogee Co., OK Buried: Sallisaw, Sequoyah Co., OK
2nd Wife: Alice Melton White b. 23 Aug 1921 Chelsea, Rogers Co., OK d. 26 Apr 1999 Ozark, Franklin Co., AR Buried: Highland Cemetery, Ozark, Franklin Co., AR
1910 Federal Census, Stonewall Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Lee Julia A., 68, AR TN TN
Charley G., 25 AR
Essie S., 23, AR
The Johnson County Weekly, dated 12 Nov 1953, "Coy Lee, Head of Bible Department College of the Ozarks, and minister of Springhill Presbyterian Church". He was a native of Harmony Community, Johnson Co., AR. He attended school in Ozark. He served US Army prior to attending Austin College, Sherman, TX, where he attained a Bachelor's degree. Dubuque Seminary in Dubuque, IA where he received a master's degree of divinity. At University of AR he received a master's in philosophy. At University of the Ozarks n 1965 he received a doctor of divinity degree. He was ordained 27 June 1951 at Harmony Presbyterian Church. He pastored Harmony, Spring Hill, Waggoner, Ft. Gibson, OK churches. He taught at University of the Ozarks. He was director of admissions for Dubuque Theological Seminary and executive presbyter of eastern OK until he retired in 1984. He then taught philosophy and Bible at University of the Ozarks. He has four stepdaughters, five grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren. (obit The Graphic, July 2009.)
The Graphic, 28 Apr 1999, "Mrs. Alice J. Melton White Lee, 77, of Ozark died Monday, April 26, 1999, at Mercy Hospital/Turner Memorial in Ozark. She was a native of Chelsea, OK, daughter of the late Charles and Wilhelmena Young Melton, preceded in death by spouse, Ralph W. White, longtime member of the First Christian Church of Fort Smith, and attended the Harmony Presbyterian Church near Clarksville, AR. Survivors include her husband, Coy Lee; four daughters, Rena White Lawrence of Winter Park, Fla., Mary White Hill of Newberry, Fla., Vicki White Muratore of Wichita, Kan., and Ann White Briggs of Clearwater, Fla.; one sister, Mary Florine Crownover of Clinton; and five grandchildren, Lauri Varnadore, Christy Pease, Megan McKinzie, Eric Briggs and Gemma Briggs. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, at the Harmony Presbyterian Church with Dr. Stanley Farmer and Rev. Rita Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery at Ozark under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home of Ozark".
The Graphic, dated 27 Dec 2000, "Charles Harlin Lee, 84, Wagoner, OK, died 18 Dec 2000, in a Muskogee hospital. His parents; Charlie & Essie Shamblin Lee. He was a retired truck driver, Army veteran of WWII, recipient of the Purple Heart & Bronze Star awards. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mattie Knight Lee & one grandson, Charles Newton Lee. Survivors; Sons; Charles Don & Terry Wayne Lee, Tulsa, OK. Brother; Coy Lee, Ozark, Sister; Avis Bohannon, Tulsa, OK, six grandchildren & one great-grandchild. Burial: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Hunt, AR".
Wilson Newton Lee & Myrtle Elzora Jaggers
Leona Lee & William Jasper Clinton
John Lewis Lee & Elizabeth Lucinda McCarley
Edwin Edward Lee & Julia Ann Hardgraves
Russell Lee & Permelia Gilbreath
Cader Lee & Sarah Ann Lee
