Edwin Lee Sr.

COMMERCE, Mo. -- Edwin Gene Lee Sr., 66, of Commerce died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 24, 1941, at Swinton, Mo., son of Jimmie and Sylvia Helen Morris Lee. He and Delores Faye Knight were married July 14, 1961, at Commerce.

Lee was a riverboat captain with Luhr Brothers. He was a member of Christian Mission in Benton, Mo., and Operators Local 513.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Edwin "Butch" Lee Jr. of Scott City, Tim Lee of Thebes, Ill.; two daughters, Brenda Morton of Lakeside, Calif., Barbara Burger of Commerce; a brother, James Lee of Scott City; four sisters, Mary Helen Crader and Jackie Lee of Scott City, Beulah Lusk of Greenville, Mo., Elsie Rose Hagan of Deering, Ga.; and 11 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two grandchildren and a sister.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Rev. William Marshall officiating. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery at Commerce.

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