Chester Lee (1887-1908)
Chester Lee, son of Moses Lee and Amanda Clements, had attended the Georgia Normal College and Business Institute in Abbeville, GA. He was a classmate there with Joe and Irwin Clements in 1904, and a number of other young men and women of Ray City were alumni of the college.
A personal mention in th September 9, 1904 edition of the Tifton Gazette. Irwin and Joe Clements, and Chester L. Lee headed to college.
By 1908 the school had relocated to Douglas, GA and in the fall of that year, Chester Lee was continuing his education at the college. It was a great convenience that the Georgia & Florida Railroad line connecting Douglas and Ray City, GA had just opened in October 1908.
Georgia Normal College and Business Institute at Douglas, GA photographed circa 1920.
But by November 1908, Chester became ill while at the college. He returned to the Berrien County home of his parents to die.
1908 Obituary of Chester Lee, son of Moses Lee and Amanda Clements
Valdosta Times
December 19, 1908A Sad Death at Milltown
Miltown, Ga., Dec. 17. – Chester Lee, the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Moses Lee, a prominent farmer who lives two miles from town, died at the home of his father yesterday morning of typhoid pneumonic fever contracted while he was at school at Douglas.
Chester came home about five weeks ago complaining of being ill, and took to his bed immediately, since then all that medical skill and loving kindness could do for him was done, but he answered the call of the grim reaper yesterday morning. All of his brothers and sisters was at the bed side when the end came. Chester was just budding into manhood, and was loved by all who became acquainted with him. He was laid to rest at Union cemetery near here this morning, followed by a large crowd of sorrowing friends.
His death falls very heavily on his parents, as this makes the fourth child that they have lost in as many years.
Grave marker of L. Chester Lee, Union Cemetery, Lanier County, GA. Image source: Tonya Studstill Long
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