Shelly Roy Lee, Sr., 88, of Lacy Lakeview, passed away Saturday November 2, 2024 at his residence.
Visitation: 6 to 8PM Friday, November 15 at Lake Shore Funeral Home
Funeral Service: 10AM Saturday, November 16 at Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Doris Miller Memorial Park.
Shelly was born on July 24, 1936, to the union of William “Buster” Lee and Theresa Connie Vee Erath Watkins in Elm Mott, TX. Shelly graduated from Dunbar High School in West, TX. Shelly was very athletic. He loved to run and excelled as a track star. After high school, Shelly enlisted in the Army Reserves. Over the years he worked in sanitation for the City of Lakeview and the Parks and Recreation department for the City of Waco. He retired from the City of Waco in 2003.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife, Catherine Lee; two sisters, Annie Harris, Ruby McClyde; one brother Hardy Watkins; and one granddaughter, Krystal Michaela Lee.
Shelly accepted Christ at an early age as a Seventh Day Adventist. Later in life, Shelly committed himself as a Jehovah Witness where he studied the word and attended services until his health declined. Shelly enjoyed spending time with his family, gardening, repairing vehicles, cooking, cleaning and coaching baseball for Eastern Little League. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He was known for being a hard worker and was a man of few words.
Shelly leaves to cherish his legacy: five sons, Riley Lee, Shelly (Sylvia) Lee Jr., Ron (Connie) Lee, Bryant Lee, and Shelby (Twana) Lee; one loving daughter, Sherry (Demetrius) Collins; sisters, Evelyn (Horace) Vonner, Elno McDonald, Rose Spratt, and Pastor Janice Watkins; brother, Bobby Lee; 18 grandchildren, 37 great grandchildren, seven great-great grandchildren; and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends to cherish his memory.
Place of Service: Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel , 5201 Steinbeck Bend; Waco, TX 76708
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Sending condolences, love and prayers to my family. Rest in God He shall comfort you in this hour.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Shelby Lee, Sr. May God strengthen and comfort you all in this trying time. Stay strong and hold on to God’s unchanging hand. God bless all.
Praying that God will send His peace and strength.
LONE STAR DISTRICT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS
Rev. Lynn P. Hadnot, Moderator
497 Twin St.
Jasper, Texas
RESOLUTION
To: Rev. Ron C. Lee, Sr.
Whereas It is with deep sympathy and tenderness of heart that we, the pastors and members of the Lone Star District Association of Texas, your friends and co-laborers in Christ, send you these words to express, in a feeble way our sincere sympathy for you in the death of your beloved father, Bro. Shelly Roy Lee, Sr. We are hoping that they will in some degree give you some comfort and cheer in this dark hour.
We know the passing of Bro. Lee is the will of God, and yet, there is a human tie that has been broken, which bleeds the heart in agony and pain. You should not mourn his passing but rejoice as we know he has gone to a home more beautiful than any we have ever known in that world beyond our vision called Heaven.
“There’s an open gate at the end of the road
Through which each must go alone
And there, in light we cannot see,
Our Father claims His own.
Beyond the gate your loved one finds happiness and rest
And there is comfort in the thought that a loving God knows best.”
We express to the family and all others here today our deep sympathy for your loss and the reminder that your loss is heaven’s gain. Hold your head high and be strong, knowing you did what you could for his comfort, ease, and peace, until the end. God saw and He knows, therefore we commend you to Him, who can comfort and cheer, and will dry your tears and heal your broken heart if you will put your unwavering faith in Him for earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. You must find comfort and consolation in the words of Jesus, who said: “Cast your burdens on Him because he cares for you” (1Peter 5:7).
Be it resolved, that we bow in humble submission to the will of God, and commend the bereaved family to Him who sees all and knows every heart; and entreat them, “Console yourselves in the hope of a reunion, so that after life’s remaining ills are past, it is like healing oil to the wounded heart, comforted with pleasing thoughts rather than sad.
He will ever be near you, though unseen. He served his Lord with a beautiful Christian life; his influence will always live in the lives of those he was around. He has worked hard and is now at rest. Bro. Lee has fallen in life’s battle, acknowledged the supremacy of death, yielded to a victory that no one can resist, and entered upon a complete rest. It was decreed in the beginning, “all must die”; but we shall rise from death to everlasting life if we are faithful unto death in the cause of Christ. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.”
We are praying for you; you must also pray, for time and prayer will bring you relief. Make God your hope and look up to the hills from cometh your help. May God bless you and give you strength and courage.
Humbly submitted,
Lone Star District Association of Texas,
Rev. Lynn P. Hadnot, Moderator
Our condolences to Sherry and her family. May God strengthen you during this time of bereavement .
My sincere condolences to the Lee family. May God bless and comfort you is my prayer.