Dorothy Richardson Lee, age 92, passed away on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at Creekside at Three Rivers in Murfreesboro. She was born December 26, 1930, in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, but her family moved to Cornersville when she was seven months old.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Lester Lee and Sarah Ellen Richardson; her husband Jack L. Lee; four sisters, Mabel Rich, Mayme Cavnar, Helen Buchholz, and Mary Chapman; two brothers, Carl Richardson and Robert W. Richardson.
She is survived by one daughter, Jana (Ken) Stevenson of Murfreesboro, TN; two granddaughters, Lauren (Joey) Brewer and Megan Stevenson; three great grandsons and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Lee was a graduate of Cornersville High School and Middle Tennessee State College (now University). She was a teacher in Marshall County for over 40 years. She was a retired member of the Marshall County Teacher’s Association and Volunteer Association of Marshall Medical Center for 22 years.
She was a member of Cornersville First Baptist Church where she taught a women’s Bible class for several years and worked in many Vacation Bible Schools.
Funeral Services will be conducted on Monday, October 16, 2023, at 1:00 pm from the Chapel of Cornersville Funeral Home with Bro. Arthur Payne officiating. Burial will follow in Beechwood Cemetery in Cornersville, TN.
Visitation with the family will be held at Cornersville Funeral Home on Monday, October 16, 2023, from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Cornersville First Baptist Church Memorial Fund or to the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes in Brentwood, TN.
Cornersville Funeral Home and Crematory is honored to assist the family with the arrangements.
