Crockett Lee

Peace Officer’s Rites Planned

August 26, 1947—McAlester, OK—Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Chaney funeral home for Crockett Lee, 79, retired peace officer.

            Rev. Ben F. Bland, Oklahoma State penitentiary Chaplin, and Rev. Frank A. Grubbs, First Christian church pastor, will officiate.  Interment will be in Oak Hill cemetery.

            Lee, a state resident since territorial days, began his career as a peace officer in 1891 when he was appointed deputy U. S. marshal.  He served for 30 years under various U. S. Marshals.

            About 1907 he took a position as special officer for the M-K-T railway.  In 1907 he was made McAlester police chief.

            After his retirement Lee turned hi attention to stock raising on his farm near Lake McAlester.

            Survivors are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. J. T. Harmon, Amarillo, Texas, and two grandchildren, Capt. Jack Harmon, U. S. Army, stationed in Germany, and Mrs. Billie Lee Shores, Tampa, Florida.