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William S. Lee Madison Parish, LA

From Vicksburg Post June 30, 1931

CLARKSDALE June 30 -The funeral of William S. Lee, 24, owner and operator of the Lee Baking company at Cleveland, who was found dead in a rear room of the bakery building Saturday, was held  Sunday afternoon.

Authorities said that indications were that Lee had killed himself with a pistol, having shot himself through the heart. 

He is survived by his widow and two children, his mother and father; three brothers, C. D. Lee of Clarksdale. Douglas Lee of Mandeville and J. C. Lee, of Rosedale and two sisters, Mrs. Robert Hall of Memphis and Mrs. Robert Price of Montclair, N. J. 

He had been a resident of Cleveland for four years, having come to the Delta from Tennessee.