Edward SummerfieldLee

Edward S. Lee, 94, of Greenville passed away July 18, 2011 at Colonial Lodge-Tender Care Unit.  Services will be held at 10:00 AM Thursday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Baldridge officiating.  Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. 

Born December 27, 1916 in Paris, Edward was the son of J. C. and Mary Catherine Bobo Lee.  On April 18, 1956, he married Ella Faye Prince in Durant, Oklahoma.  He was a member of Highland Terrace Baptist Church.

After graduation from Paris High School and one year at Paris Junior College, Edward was hired by Waples Platter Grocery Co. in Ft. Worth where he worked until enlisting in the service.  While in the service, he was assigned to the U. S. Air Force where he served in the North African Campaign.  As a flight engineer, he flew missions to Iran, Iraq, Russia and Italy.  After serving in the Air Force, he was hired by Temco (which later become E-Systems) as a Quality Control Inspector where he retired after 31 years.  

His survivors include sons Gary Lee of Greenville and Eddie Lee of  Frisco and grandchildren Alexandria Lee and J.T. Lee of Frisco.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, 3 brothers and 2 sisters.

Pallbearers will be Mike Petty, Kirk Anderson, Dean Converse, Leo Griggs, Billy Leroy, and Ronnie DeGarso.