Born September 23, 1974 in Waycross, Lee was a son of Shirlon Smith Lee and the late Gaines Lewis Lee. He lived all his life in Hoboken and was a 1992 graduate of Brantley County High School.

Lee had worked as a self-employed carpenter and as a laborer at Scapa Dryers.

He was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church.

In addition to his father, Lee was preceded in death by a brother, Chris Lee; and his grandparents, Adam and Maysie Lee and Bennie and Winnie Smith.

Survivors include his two children, Garrett Lee and Lauren Lee, both of Hoboken; mother, Shirlon Smith Lee of Hoboken; brother, Tony Howard (wife Maria) of Blackshear; sister-in-law, Wendy Lee of Hoboken; two nephews, Brett Howard of Waycross and Tony Howard, Jr. (wife Kyley) of Bluffton, S.C.; great niece and great nephew, Zoey Howard and Cooper Howard; special friend, Tish Thrift of Hoboken; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives.

A funeral service was held Tuesday morning, December 10 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Hoboken.

Burial followed in the High Bluff Cemetery.

Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.hartfh.com.

Hart Funeral Home of Blackshear was in charge of arrangements.