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Extracted from The Newnan Herald-Tribune (Newnan, GA)
Tuesday, August 13, 1991

Lee Sport

Lee Sport, 63, of Newnan died August 10, 1991 at Piedmont Hospital.

Mr. Sport was born in Andalusia, Alabama March 20, 1928. He retired from Delta Air Lines after 30 years of service. He was a member and elder of Newnan Presbyterian Church, a compatriot of the Sons of the American Revolution and a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Survivors include his wife, Melba Ferguson Sport of Newnan; daughter, Barbara Sport Shafer of Lexington, Mass.; sons, James Gregory Sport of Atlanta, Jay Ellis Sport of New York City; granddaughter, Katie Shafer.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Newnan Presbyterian Church.

McKoon Funeral Home
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NOTE: Mr. Sport was a well known local historian and genealogist. After his death, his extensive research files on the SPORT surname were donated to the Coweta County Genealogical Society. These materials are available to researchers at the CCGS Library in the Passenger Depot at Grantville.