H. Carroll Lee

H. Carroll Lee
Services for Mr. H. Carroll Lee, 81 of Grand Saline, are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, November 30, 2012 at Main Street Baptist Church with Bro. Ronald Cantrell and Earlon Lee officiating.
Interment will follow in Sand Flat Cemetery under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home, Grand Saline.
Mr. Lee passed away November 27, 2012 at his home. He was born February 12, 1931 in Snyder, OK to Hubert Oliver & Mary Ethel McElroy Lee. He served in the US Army and had been self-employed since 1961. He owned/operated Lee Tree Farm since 1983. He was a member of Main Street Baptist Church since 1974 where he served as a Deacon since 1975 and was a member of the Rejoicers Sunday School Class. He was a coordinator on the design and construction of the Education & office facility at Main Street and also at Faith Baptist Church. He led Borderland Mission Group for several years and traveled with VCB building churches throughout the U. S. for 8 years. He was a member of Gideons International since 1961. Prior to 1961 he was employed by Texaco Oil Refinery in their chemical lab. H. Carroll had been an ordained Deacon in several Baptist churches since 1955. He was a builder and a planter. For over a decade, he built structures that endure today. He built truths into the hearts of those around him by living his faith actively working with Gideons to distribute God’s Word. At the end of his life, he built churches, using his own hands to create spaces where God’s people could be born into faith and that faith fed. H. Carroll was a planter for over two decades. His hands, eyes and heart learned lessons about God’s absolute truth that he was quick to pass on to the many people God brought into his path. Like the trees, he watched display their greatest beauty after hardship, his own life reflected only deeper faith in the face of trials. Though he worked hard, free time was dedicated to mission work both here and in Mexico. When we remember him, we thank God for the firm foundation of faithfulness he left us on which to build and the seeds of truth he planted.
Mr. Lee was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 44 years, Joyce M. Lee; brother, H. L. Lee; and great-grandson, Levi Hicks.
Survivors include his wife, Joann Lee of Grand Saline; step-son, Greg Arnold and wife DeAnna of Canton; daughter, Carol Ann Rowland and husband John of Tyler; step-daughter, Belinda Gaston and husband John of Trophy Club; brother, Earlon Lee and wife Lillie of Grand Saline; sister, Wynell Holley and husband Charles of Grand Saline; 9 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one on the way; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be Ed Bailey, Bobby McAlpin, James Dolberry, Doyle Milliorn, Marvin Peel and Kerry Kindle.
Honorary pallbearers will be Deacons of Main Street Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to: Gideons International, Van Zandt County Camp, P.O. Box 1041, Canton, TX 75103; Borderland Missions of Main Street Baptist Church 313 N. Main Street, Grand Saline, TX 75140; and Volunteer Christian Builders (VCB) 4619 Bellefontain Court, Arlington, TX 76017.
The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.