J.C. Lee

November 24, 1933 - December 16, 2020

J.C. LEE Johnnie Carl “J.C.” Lee, age 87, of Sedalia, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at St Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri. He was born November 24, 1933 in Versailles, Missouri, a son of Mancel Truman and Lily Opal (Edwards) Lee. He was a graduate of Versailles High School in the class of 1953. He intended to graduate in 1952, but due to a serious car wreck, his injuries prevented him from finishing his senior year on time. On September 5, 1954 in Fortuna, Missouri, he married his high school sweetheart, Jacquelyn Mae McLennan. They were married for over sixty-six years. After graduation, he went to work for Town and Country Shoe Company. He worked as a supervisor for thirty-five years. The company closed in 1988 and J.C. took early retirement. In 1961, the Lee’s bought an 80-acre farm in Green Ridge, Missouri, where they resided for twenty years, moving back to Sedalia in 1980. They have been members of First Baptist Church in Sedalia since 1954. In addition to his wife, Jackie, he is survived by a brother, Bobbie Dean Lee and wife Rosemary; two nieces, Tresa Rose Backer and husband Dave and Rebecca Hickcox; great-nephews, Jeffery and wife Rochelle, Matthew, Michael and wife Meave and Andrew Backer and Mark Hickcox and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mancel and Opal Lee; a sister, Peggy Ruth Lee and a nephew, Terry Dean Lee. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 21, 2020 at Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles. Burial will follow in Versailles Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m., Monday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church of Sedalia. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.