Julia LEE
Forename(s): Julia
Surname: LEE
Wife of Thomas Lee, Newspaper EditorDate of birth: 1843 (approx., calculated)
Date of death: 21 Nov 1904
Date of burial: 24 Nov 1904
Age at death: 61 years
Address: Avondale Road, Parish of Carisbrooke
Section: C Consecrated - Cemetery map
Plot No: 644 Section map of plotsBurial Register entry: Newport 2987
Also on this marker:
Newport Cemetery
Image by: Tony Barton
Inscription
IN HONOURED MEMORY OFTHOMAS LEE
WHO DIED THE 7TH JANUARY 1921
AGED 78 YEARS.
THE FIRST EDITOR OF THE I.W. COUNTY PRESS
WHO UNTIL HIS LAMENTED DEATH A HIGHLY
VALUED CONTRIBUTOR TO ITS COLUMNS UNDER
THE PEN NAME OF "STYLUS."
THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY FRIENDS AND
ADMIRERS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND AS A LASTING TESTAMENT
TO HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES AS A LEADING
JOURNALIST AND WRITER AND TO HIS UNFAILING KINDNESS
OF HEART AND WIDE AND HELPFUL SYMPATHIES.
THIS STONE ALSO COMMEMORATES HIS BELOVED WIFE
JULIA LEE
WHO DIED 21ST NOVEMBER 1904 AGED 61 YEARS.
Transcription by: Tony Barton
