Virginia Blanks Lee, 79, a resident of Tullahoma, TN passed away on Friday,
November 4, 2016 at Brookdale Assisted Living in Tullahoma. Funeral
Services are scheduled for Monday, November 7, 2016 at 2 PM at the First
Presbyterian Church with Pastor Stephen Yates officiating. Burial will
follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be
Sunday, November 6, 2016 at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home from 5 -8 PM.
A native of Chattanooga, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Ramsey
and Fay Lee Blanks. Mrs. Lee was very active in the Tullahoma community,
serving as a board member of the Learning Place and as the Recycling
Chairman for the Junior Womens Club. She was also a Girl Scout leader and
a member of Harton Hospital Auxillary. She also enjoyed flower gardening.
She sold Avon for many years and many people knew her as “the Avon Lady”.
She was a sweet lady…a Southern Debutante from a different era. She
always
had a smile on her face and welcomed everyone with open arms. Mrs. Lee and
her husband, “O B” were always together and people would recognize them
as
“the beautiful lady with the jet black hair and the man with his cowboy
hat”.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother,
Thomas Ramsey Blanks, Jr.
Mrs. Lee is survived by her husband, Oliver Boyd “OB” Lee of Tullahoma;
two
daughters, Debbie Martin and her husband, Ferrell of Palm Coast, FL and
Tina Bonner and her husband, Michael of Tullahoma; six grandchildren, Jimmy
Hawkins and his wife, Leslie of Maryville, TN, Natasha Martin of
Murfreesboro, Ross Bonner and his wife, Julie of Boston, Xenia Martin of
Palm Coast, FL and Seth and Rachel Bonner of Tullahoma and two great
grandchildren, Addison and James Hawkins.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial donations be made in
her honor to the Alzheimer’s Association, 4825 Trousdale Drive, Suite 220,
Nashville, TN 37220.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.