Linda Whigham Lee
July 8, 1940 – September 17, 2015
Funeral services for Linda Whigham Lee, 75, of Union Point, GA, are at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 20, 2015, at the First Baptist Church, Cairo, GA. Rev. Ron McCaskill will officiate. Interment will be in Hawthorne Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Mrs. Lee passed away at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, GA, on Thursday, September 17, 2015.
Active pallbearers will be Jason Williams, Tim Law, Jackson Law, Alvin Lee, Bruce Lee, Jr., Daniel Lee and Ricky Newsom.
Mrs. Lee was born on July 8, 1940, in Cairo, GA, to the late Audrey David Whigham and Agnes Lee Fiskus Whigham. On March 28, 1996, she married Ronald Lee, who survives. She retired as an administrative assistant with the Windstream Telephone Company. Linda was an active member of the First Baptist Church, Union Point, GA, where she served on the Hospitality Committee, Loving Lappers, WMU Women’s Ministry and choir member. She was a member of the Garden Club of Union Point, the Happy Hearts and Eastern Star.
Survivors include: her husband, Ronald Lee of Union Point, GA; daughters, Juana Butler Stewart (Trent) of Cairo, GA, Jenny Butler Law (Tim) of Cairo, GA; son, James Lyndon Butler (Lauren) of Suwanee, GA; grandchildren, Mallory Stewart Williams (Jason) of Savannah, GA, Taylor Malone Stewart of Cairo, GA, Megan Lauren Law of Pittsburgh, PA, Julia Leigh Law of Cairo, GA, Jackson Luke Law of Cairo, GA, Anna-Lynn Butler of Suwanee, GA, James David Butler of Suwanee, GA, Mason Elizabeth Butler of Suwanee, GA; great-granddaughter, (soon to be) Whitney Lynn Barrett; step-sons, Bruce Lee, Sr. (Patrica) of Commerce, GA, Randy Lee of Bogart, GA; step-grandchildren, Bruce Lee, Jr. of Commerce, GA, Daniel Lee of Commerce, GA, Brianne Lee of Commerce, GA; step-great-grandson, Landon Patrick Lee of Commerce, GA; sisters, Juanita Whigham Gaines (Mac) of Arlington, GA, Gail Whigham White of Bainbridge, GA; brother, James David “Jimmy” Whigham of Cairo, GA; and a special cousin, Ruth Fiskus of Cairo, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Memorials may be made in Mrs. Lee’s memory to: Hawthorne Cemetery Fund, c/o Mrs. Robert Harrison, 1225 4th Street NW, Cairo, GA 39828.
The family will receive friends at Clark Funeral Home on Saturday, September 19, 2015, from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.