The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, July 20, 1996               TAG: 9607200157
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: BOYKINS                           LENGTH:   19 lines

IRENE S. LEE

Irene Smith Lee, 79, a lifelong resident of Southampton County, died July 18, 1996, at Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin.

Mrs. Lee was the daughter of the late Charles and Daisy Johnson Smith. She was a member of Boykins Baptist Church.

Mrs. Lee is survived by her husband, Wilmer Lee; a son and daughter-in-law, Norman and Shirley Lee of Boykins; two granddaughters, Robin Pinner and her husband, Jimmy, of Boykins, Jennifer Lee of Boykins and a great-granddaughter, Chelsea Pinner.

Funeral services will be held at Purviance Funeral Home, Boykins Chapel, today at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Ben Thomas. Burial will in the Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB