Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Tuesday, November 23, 1943

MRS. DOROTHY LEE

DUNN--Mrs. Dorothy Lee, 74, died Thursday night at 10 o'clock in her home on Dunn, Route 2.

She was the widow of Zero Lee of Johnston county.

Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. from the home of her son, Ben Lee, by the Rev. L. A. Johnson, and the Rev. Lester Lee. Burial was in the Lee Johnson cemetery.

Surviving are four sons, Laffel, Jesse, Ben Lee of Dunn, Route 2, and Talboy Lee of Four Oaks; six daughters, Mrs. G. P. Tart, Mrs. J. K. Tart, Mrs. M. A. Tart, Mrs. J. M. Tart, Mrs. M. A. Tart and Mrs. Michael Tart, all of Dunn, Route 2, and Mrs. A. D. Johnson of Four Oaks, Route 2; four sisters, Mrs. Martha Jackson, Mrs. Otho Barefoot, Mrs. Joe Wood of Four Oaks, and Mrs. Jasper Morgan of Dunn; 46 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.