Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Friday, May 18, 1951

Death Claims E. O. Lee, 81

Last rites for Eschole Osbourne Lee, 61, of Route 3, Benson, were conducted at Benson Free Will Baptist Church, Thursday at 3 p.m. by the Rev. J. D. Capps and the Rev. E. D. Simmons. Burial was in Roselawn Cemetery.

Mr. Lee died at his home Monday night following a brief illness.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Blanche Lee; four sons, Ralph Lee of Route 1, Middlesex, Jasper Lee of Route 3, Benson, Leon Lee of Route 2, Kenly, and David Lee of Route 1, Benson; seven daughters, Mrs. John H. Wheeler of Woodlawn, Md., Mrs. Leon Manning of Silver Valley, Md., Mrs. William De Bruin of District Heights, Md., Mrs. Herbert Fabrecas of Staten Island, N.Y., Mrs. Warren Ryals of Norfolk, and Kay Frances and Vivian Joyce Lee of the home; two brothers, B. B. Lee of Selma and T. A. Lee of Route 2, Dunn, and 14 grandchildren.