Sympathy Saturday

Jimmy Dale Lee 

July 2, 1942 - January 14, 2016

Jimmy Dale Lee, 73 of El Dorado, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016, at the John R. Williamson Hospice House.

He was born July 2, 1942, to Axion H. and Nola Mae Evans Lee in Oak Grove, LA. He was the Owner of Lee’s Trucking and was of the Baptist faith.

Preceding him in death are his parents; son, Guy Dale Lee; one sister and two brothers.

Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Patsy Lee; two daughters, Lisa Owens (Toby), Tonya Chadwick all of El Dorado; six grandchildren, Jessica Lee (Jamie), Brandy Gaffney (Gary), Kristi DeTraz (Kyle), Cheryl Williams, Cody Chadwick, Chasity Chadwick; and nine great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 17, 2016, at Young’s Chapel under the direction of Young’s Funeral Directors with Bro. J.D. Weido officiating.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Way, Memphis, TN 38105; or to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 1 Children’s Way, Little Rock, AR 
72202.

Source

Dignity Memorial Funeral Home https://www.dignitymemorial.com

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Jimmy Dale Lee was born in Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana to Axiom Harrison and Nola Mae (Evans) Lee. Jimmy Dales’ father was known by the nickname Tack. Tack was daddy’s first cousin. Axiom Harrison “Tack” Lee’s father was James William Lee and his mother was Nancy Matilda (Winn) Lee. Tack was one of fourteen children of James and Nancy.

Jimmy Dale was a second cousin on my paternal Lee family line. I was looking for a male Lee cousin who would submit a sample for YDNA testing so that I could verify our Lee patrilineal line. When I was looking for a Lee male cousin to YDNA test he gladly volunteered to submit his sample. I called him to set up a meeting at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant and took the cheek swab before we ate a delicious meal. Then, we then had an interesting conversation about family and growing up in West Carroll Parish. Jimmy Dale was the type of person that was interesting to talk to and one felt at ease with him, and he could tell family stories that made you feel as though you were there when the event was happening. We chatted a while then we went our separate ways and I didn’t see Jimmy Dale again before he died. I was surprised when I heard of his death since he looked to be in good health when we had our visit.

Well, I submitted his sample for testing and the results came back and I was shocked. There were no matches to the Lee YDNA 67 marker test results. I mistakenly thought there would be several matches since the Lee surname was so widely used. There are the Lees from Virginia; everyone has heard of Robert E. Lee; the Lees from North Carolina, the Lees from South Carolina, the Lees of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, and Florida to name a few of the Lee families in America. My Lee family doesn’t link to any of those Lees. My patrilineal Lee is in a subgroup alone and from England. Eventually after a two year wait a match came back and the two share a common ancestor Jordan Lee; however, I am hoping more Lee descendants of this patrilineal line will YDNA test at least at the 37-marker level.

I am grateful to Jimmy Dale for volunteering for the Lee project.  He has passed on, but his DNA is stored in the Family Tree Testing Company lab.