Willow Spring NC: Mrs. Margie Roberts Lee, age 78, passed away Sunday at Springbrook Nursing and Rehab Center in Clayton. Funeral service will be 11:00AM-Wednesday at Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson. Burial will follow in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Angier, NC. Officiating will be Rev. Scott Betts.
Mrs. Lee was born on August 9, 1937 in Johnston County to the late Rufus and Maebelle Sauls Roberts. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Horace Ray Dupree and Golden Lee, sister, Mamie Lou Johnson, brothers, Larry Roberts, Bennie Roberts, Roy Roberts and step-son, Curtis Lee. Mrs. Lee was the owner and operator of MarJ's Perfect Party's until her retirement. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church, Angier.
Surviving are children, Revely Jordan of Clayton; Steven Dupree of Gainsville, GA; Timothy Dupree of Raleigh and Betsy Williams of Four Oaks; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson; step-children, Danny Lee of Princeton; Debbie Lee of Clayton and Kathy Childers of Shallotte; sisters, Daphne Noles of Willow Spring; Judy Parrish of Angier; brothers, Laeron Roberts of Fuquay Varina and Atlee Roberts of Willow Spring; many nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends 9:45AM-10:45AM Wednesday prior to the service at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson, and other times at the home of Betsy Williams, 506 Church Street, Four Oaks, NC 27524.
Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may made to Transitions Life Care, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh, NC 27607
The family wishes to thank the staff of Springbrook Nursing and Rehab Center in Clayton and Transitions Life Care in Raleigh for their loving care given to Mrs. Lee.