Josephine Lee daughter, of the late Benjamin Hill and Clara Chasteen Hill, was born on April 16, 1934 in Dudley, Missouri and died on September 2, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 78.

She was a graduate of the Puxico High School class of 1950.  On June 13, 1953 she was united in marriage to Bill Lee in Yuma, Arizona.  They lived near the Marine base at camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California.  After Mr. Lee’s service in the Marines, they made their home in St. Louis, Missouri for thirty-six years.  After retirement they moved to Dexter.  She enjoyed sewing, playing the piano, writing poetry and other hobbies.

She had a love for the Lord.  Before entering high school, she had an early conversion and joined Rockhill Baptist Church, and was baptized.  When she came from St. Louis, she chose Sadler Chapel United Methodist Church as her home church. 

Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter and son in law, Mickey and husband C.E. Tuley of Dexter; by one sister, Bessie Bridges of Puxico, Missouri and by one granddaughter, Jennifer Rowland of St. Louis, Missouri.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, William Hill and by one granddaughter, JoAnna Lee Tuley.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, September 3, 2012 from 5:00P.M.-8:00P.M.  Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Pastor Sue Welborn and Pastor Dave Fowler officiating.  Interment will follow in the Sadler Chapel cemetery.