Cornelia McMURRAY Lee (1863-1940) Monroe Co. TN
Madisonville Democrat, (Monroe Co. TN) Wednesday, November 20, 1940:
“Mrs. W.W. Lee---Mrs. Cornelia McMurray Lee was born May 28, 1863, and died Nov. 5, 1940. She was the youngest daughter of the late Boyd and Jane Irwin McMurray, of Chilhowee, Tenn.
She was married Dec. 4, 1884, to W.W. Lee, of Tellico Plains. Four children were born to this union, a daughter who died in infancy, Fred Lee, Maymie Lee Scott, and Jennie Lee. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Maldon, Fred Link, Charles William and Sue Lee; Mrs. Ross Bryan and Mrs. Burcheil Chumney; three great grandchildren, Mahlon Chumney and Kenneth and Bobby June Lee, all of Tellico Plains; two brothers, B.A. McMurray, of Athens, and John McMurray, of Whittier, Calif. Her husband preceded her in death three years ago.
Funeral services were conducted at the Tellico Plains Methodist Church, of which she was a member, Thursday afternoon by Rev. J. Monroe Ball, former pastor of the church, assisted by the pastor, Rev. O.R. Tarwater. Burial was in the Tellico Plains Cemetery.
Pallbearers were six nephews, Kara McMurray, Luke McMurray, Bruce Henry, Winston Henry, Oscar Henry and Walter Pate.
Mrs. Lee had been in failing health for several years but her condition did not become serious until about three months ago when she became ill and gradually grew worse and on Nov. 5 she fell asleep to awaken in her other Home where she has been laying up treasures during a long and useful life.
Her home was an abiding spot of happiness to her, and those who knew her in the home circle felt the warmth of her kindness. She loved the little affairs of everyday life that make lives bloom into sweetness and service. Gentle in all her ways she knew the friendliness of little deeds and shed a gracious influence over the lives of young and old. Lovable, dependable, trustworthy, her kindness and tenderness knew no failing.
She was a strong and sustaining influence in the life and happiness of her loved ones and though she is on earth no longer she will be a guiding and comforting force to them in the days to come.
As the shadows lengthened and darkness fell her courage and faith knew no faltering and she approached the other life with the same sublime faith and trust that had been characteristic of her during a long lifetime. A life that has known much of joy and much of sorrow. Today in the wonder and shadow of death she may well be a lesson to all, for it may truly be said of her that she gave no hurt to any soul nor left bitterness nor pain in any heart.
Her loved ones mourn not as those who have no hope for we know she sleeps to wake, and when the soul waketh the shadows flee.
May the earth rest lightly above her; may the flowers bloom over her resting place, and the sunshine linger long and lovingly on her last narrow home.
“By the voyage long, she will be the dearer,
When after a while we shall greet her there,
Farther on where the tide is clearer,
Down the stream where the shores are fair.”
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Re: Cornelia McMURRAY Lee (1863-1940) Monroe Co. TN
Patricia Donohoe 2/09/09