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Submitted: 4/12/21 • Approved: 4/13/21 • Last Updated: 4/16/21 • R310105-G310104-S3
June 9, 1935 - March 4, 2011
Graveside services for Mrs. Velda LaBorde Lee will be at 3:00 p.m., Monday, March 7, 2011 at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Bernice with the Reverend Larry White officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson Brothers Alexandria. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Lee, 75, CPA, of Flatwoods, died Friday, March 4, 2011 at her residence.
Before graduation from college, Mrs. Lee was a legal secretary for Armand Rayburn Attorney-at-Law in Farmerville, Louisiana. She graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a 4.0 GPA and was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and then pursued her Masters Degree in Accounting from LSU in Baton Rouge. She was the second female CPA to get licensed in Louisiana. For her Masters Dissertation she created an accounting computer program.
Mrs. Lee was the Director of Finance for the City of Alexandria for eight years during the John Snyder administration. She was a strong and respected businesswoman.
Mrs. Lee was a loving and compassionate wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend.
She is preceded in death by her husband, James Mack Lee; parents, Arnie and Eunice LaBorde; and son-in-law, Michael Steve Beebe, Sr.
Survivors include her daughter, Kathy Lee Baugh and husband, Dale; son, Michael Arnie Lee and wife, Terri; sister, Gloria Nell LaBorde Brennan and husband, Vincent; grandchildren, Michael Steve Beebe, Jr., Derrick Landon, Gloria Lacy Leeanne Beebe, and Kaylee Annalyse Baugh; great grandchildren, Jayden Austin Magallon, Emma Lee Cecille Beebe, and Braelyn Kade Beebe; step-grandchildren, Dana Baugh Vincent, Cory Dale Baugh, Jessica Hales, and Bennie Smith; step-great grandchildren, Brinlye Kate Vincent, Tylar Wade, and Kelsey Wade; and special companion for 18 years, Carl V. Poole and his daughter, Debbie Johnson and her son, Dillon Johnson.
Pallbearers will be Dale Baugh, Cory Dale Baugh, Lester Lee, Jaden Austin Magallon, Robert Steve Beebe, and Dillen Johnson.
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