Kee

Services for Lillie Lorraine Wiseman Kee, 86, formerly of Nacogdoches, were held May 1 at 10 a.m. at Free Will Baptist Church in Henderson with Reverend Don Ellis and Reverend Mark Headrick officiating. Interment followed at Rusk County Memorial Gardens under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. Mrs. Kee was born on November 6, 1928 in Lucien, Okla. and died April 28 in Tyler.

Her husband of 51 years, James Edmond Kee, preceded her in death on April 17, 1997. They were married in Enid, Okla., on July 22, 1945. To this union were born two children, James Franklin and Katrina Kay.

Mrs. Kee was a former resident of Henderson for 21 years and a resident of Nacogdoches since 1973, a cosmetologist and teacher by professions, owned and operated a personal business in Henderson and then taught at Nacogdoches High School for 21 years and retired in 1994. She was an active charter member of the Nacogdoches First Free Will Baptist Church, pianist, Sunday School teacher, Secretary/Treasurer and past President of the District Free Will Baptist Woman’s Auxiliary, past President of local Hairdressers Affiliate, charter life member and Secretary/Treasurer of Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Association, former Secretary/Treasurer of Lake Striker Boating Association, member of Teachers Retirement Association, a member of the Texas State Lone Star Styles Committee, and honorary life member of Cosmetologist Institution of Public Schools and a former certified amateur boxing judge. She was a renowned styling judge and trainer of Student Cosmetologists, training many students in competition to rank as high as State and National Winners.

She was preceded in death by her husband: James Edmond Kee; son, James (Jimmy) Franklin Kee; her parents, Franklin Harrison Wiseman and Wanda Nancy West Wiseman; sister, Wilma Wiseman and Frances Wiseman Smith; and brother, George William Wiseman.

She is survived by daughter, Katrina Kay Kee Dodson and husband Ric of Pittsburg; daughter-in-law, Ginger Alessi Paterson Kee of Cypress; grandchildren, Kollette Kee Steiger, Kyle Kee, Dara Dodson Smith, and Dr. Dia Dodson Hardeman; great-grandchildren, Zachary Kee-Clemmer, Sydney and Sophie Smith, Hayes and Harbor Hardeman; step-grandchildren, holly Schubert and Michelle Arroya-Peterson; step great-grandchildren, Raydon, Donovan, and Alessi ,Arroya, Ginger, and J.d. Schubert; sisters, Lacy Merriman of Tulsa, Okla., and Leola Lynch of Enid, Okla.; her beloved Ruth Reed and family in Henderson; adored nieces and nephews; and her very dear personal friend, James Arriola of Nacogdoches.

Pallbearers were: Rodney Broadway, Zachary Kee-Clemmer, Ric Dodson, Clint Hardeman, Kyle Kee, Larry Kee, Chris Smith, and Joe Steiger.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Homeplace Hospice of East Texas at 4111 University Boulevard, Tyler, Texas, 75701.

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