Individual Details
Alonzo Hester "Lonnie" Lee Jr.
(28 Feb 1935 - 21 Nov 2011)
Alonzo "Lonnie" Hester Lee Jr., 76, passed away on November 21, 2011. He was born February 28, 1935 in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Alonzo H. Lee and Allie Meagher Lee.
He graduated from Edgewood Elementary School; Shades Valley High School, Class of 1953; and from the University of Alabama with a Bachelors of Science in Commerce and Business Administration in 1957 and was a member of Academic honorary fraternities: Phi Eta Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi, and Beta Gamma Sigma; Social fraternity: Phi Delta Theta; The German Club; The Country Club of Birmingham; The Society of the Revolution; The Summit Club; and The American Legion Post #134.
He served as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army and was in the Army National Reserve for 13 years.
He was past President of the Alabama Security Dealers Association. He began working at the investment firm of Sterne, Agee and Leach at the age of 16. He recently celebrated 60 years with the firm and was a partner and a Managing Director. Lonnie was a loving father and a wonderful friend to many.
He is survived by his children: Kimberly Bean (Nelson), Braxton "Chapman" Lee, Meagher Whigham (Wagon) of Mobile, Lucie Haynes (Brad), Helen Hyde (Cabot) of Nashville; his grandchildren: Elizabeth, Nelson, and Chapman Bean; Allie, Ann and Robert Whigham of Mobile; Bradley, Ann Chapman, Corley and McKee Haynes; and Carter, Cabot and Mary Lee Hyde of Nashville; his sister: Mary Nina Marriott (Sheldon); nephews and niece: Blanchard Sheldon Marriott, Jr. (Nancy), James Leslie Marriott, Lee Marriott Burmeister (Josh) and great nieces and nephew; and companion, Peggy W. Cobb.
A private family burial will be held at Elmwood Cemetery.
A Memorial Service will be held Friday, November 25, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Canterbury United Methodist Church with visitation immediately following. The Reverend Sam Williamson officiating.
Johns Ridout's Southside directing.
Published in The Birmingham News from November 22 to November 24, 2011.
Events
| Birth | 28 Feb 1935 | Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama |  | ||
| Census (family)-shared | 10 Apr 1940 | (Alonzo Hester Lee Sr. and Allie Josephine Meagher) Edgeland Place, Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama |  | | |
| Death | 21 Nov 2011 | Alabama | | ||
| Burial | Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama | |
Families
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Alonzo Hester Lee Sr. (1904 - 1974) |
| Mother | Allie Josephine Meagher (1909 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Alonzo H Lee Head M 35 Alabama - Statistician, bond & bankingAllie M Lee Wife F 30 Alabama
Alonzo H Lee Son M 5 Alabama
Endnotes
1. "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KP9L-KNJ : accessed 9 June 2016), Alonzo Lee, Residence, Birmingham, Alabama, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information..
2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GP-LQV : accessed 9 June 2016), Allie M Lee in household of Alonzo H Lee, Ward 3, Homewood, Election Precinct 25, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-86, sheet 10A, family 208, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 45..
3. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM8L-ND1 : accessed 9 June 2016), Alonzo H Lee, 21 Nov 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..
4. Find A Grave Memorial# 80858456.