Pastor Ell M. Lee, Sr

Pastor Ell McKinley Lee, Sr., 87 of Shepherd, Texas passed away July 2, 2017.

On September 26, 1929, Ell Lee was born to Allen Lee and Mary Wilson Lee in Lowndes County, Alabama. They moved to Cleveland, Texas when Ell was young. Ell received his formal education in the Cleveland Public School System. He also attended divinity school at Conroe College. Ell was pastor of Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church for 30 plus years in Shepherd, Texas. He also retired from many years with Liberty County Pct. #3.

Ell married Carol Ann Cleveland on February 14, 1981. To this union a son, Courtney Allen Lee was born.

He was preceded in death by his father, Allen Lee; mother, Mary Lee; first wife, Lois Poole Lee; son, Ell Lee, Jr.; daughter, Zola Williams; daughter, Wanda Foster; and brother, Allen Lee.

He leaves to cherish his memory, wife Carol; daughters, Janie Johnson (Carl-deceased), Elinor Tellis (Norman); sons, Tommie Elmore (Michelle), Chadwick Elmore (Shanitra) and Courtney Lee; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Friday, July 7, 2017 at Pleasant Valley Church, 250 Railroad Ave., Shepherd, Texas. Services will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 8, 2017 at C.C. Driver Revival Center, 805 Samuel Wiley Dr., Cleveland, Texas. Interment will be at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shepherd, Texas.

The family would like to express their sincerest gratitude to Nixon Adult Day Center, Woodland Park Nursing Home, Rose of Texas Hospice and a very special thank you to Sista’s Personal Care Home (Tina Humphrey and staff)

PACE-STANCIL FUNERAL HOME
303 E. CROCKETT
CLEVELAND, TEXAS
281-592-2641