Extracted from The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, NC)
Tuesday, May 2, 1961

Mrs. Nancy McLamb Lee Succumbs At Age Of 81

Mrs. Nancy McLamb Lee, a native of Johnston County, died early Monday morning at the home of a son, John Eston Lee, with whom she resided o Route 4, Dunn. She was 81 years of age.

Mrs. Lee, widow of Perry Lee, had been in declining health for several months and had been ill for about two weeks.

The funeral was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 at Grove Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Rufus Cromartie, the Rev. Ralph Strickland, and the Rev. C. W. Kirby officiating and burial followed in the church cemetery.

Surviving are three sons, John Eston Lee of Route 4, Dunn, and Hubert and Wilbert Lee, both of Route 2, Dunn; one daughter, Mrs. Parlia Raynor of Route 2, Benson; two brothers, Mancy McLamb of Benson and Jasper McLamb of Newton Grove; one sister, Mrs. Ben Wood of Benson; 17 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.