Myrtle Beach, SC: Mrs. Myrtle Honeycutt Lee, age 87, formerly of Dunn and Rocky Mount, NC, died Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Brightwater Retirement Home. Funeral service will be 11:00AM Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at Benson Baptist Church, 200 West Church Street, Benson, NC. Rev. Rick Weidman will officiate. Entombment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Lee was born June 2, 1927 in Sampson County to the late Lemuel D. and Rebecca Lockamy Honeycutt. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kermit Lee. Mrs. Lee was a homemaker and a member of Benson Baptist Church.
Survivors are children & spouses, Becky & Ray Rouse of North Myrtle Beach, SC, Phillip K. & Tammy Lee of North Myrtle Beach, SC, and Miriam Lee of Fuquay Varina; grandchildren & spouses, Chad & Karen Landen, Kellie Demerritt, Cristy & Lucas Botros, Hayes Lee, Phillip Lee, Jr., Nicholas Bellamy, and Spencer & Meling Bellamy; 9 great grandchildren; brother & sister-in-law, Earl & Hilda Honeycutt of Benson; and sister, Esther Precopio of Michigan.
Family will receive friends at Benson Baptist Church immediately following the committal service.
In lieu of flowers; memorials may be made to Benson Baptist Church, P. O. Box 323, Benson, NC 27504 or American Cancer Society, 8300 Health Park, Suite 10, Raleigh, NC 27615.