On Saturday, October 4, 2025, our father, Philip Douglas "Doug" Lee, left this earth to be with his heavenly family.

Dad lived for over 15 years on a heart that he wasn't supposed to still be alive with or be able to live over a year.  Dad defied the odds with the help of our Lord and Savior.  That extra time allowed him to spend with his family, to see his grandkids graduate high school, to become the Lee men to continue his namesake, and to see his son move back from Wisconsin to be with him.

Dad was born on July 11, 1951, the baby of the family to Karl and Pearl Darlington Lee of Mount Carmel.  He was a devout Christian with strong faith just like the rest of his family including his two brothers, Wilburn and Don.

Many years were spent at Emerson Transmission (Browning Manufacturing).  I would try to estimate how many years he was there but Dad would just say too many if I asked him.  He loved my sister and me so much.  He was so proud of the job that we would do mowing the yard of Mount Carmel Methodist Church and beam about the compliments that it would get.  How he loved to look for stray foul balls at the ball park during my baseball practices and how he would keep telling me to keep my bat up when I would go to hit.  When he would tell me after a football game how after the first play he thought I was going to get my tail handed to me only to see me come back and succeed and how he would always have the biggest smile on his face. How he was so proud of my sister for how she has grown to be such a strong woman.

He is preceded in death by his immediate Lee family.

He is survived by my sister, Donna Lee Jones and her husband Patrick of Georgetown.  Myself, his son, Jamie Lee, now of Flemingsburg.  His two grandchildren, Cameron Douglas Lee and Keagan Anthony Lee along with their supportive girlfriends all of Portage, Wisconsin.  While he lived alone for many years, he was always looked over by his two nephews, Anthony and Terry Lee and their families and his sister-in-law, June Lee and her family.  One of Dad's favorite delights was the cooking of his ex-wife, and our mom, Marilyn Lee.

When thinking of our Dad and how he should be remembered, he was a devout Christian, praising God for all in his life.  He was a good man; he would help anyone with anything.  If they needed help with a crop, he would gladly volunteer to help, along with dragging me along as well to teach me that we are a community and you help others when they are in need.  He was a great father.  Never preaching to us and definitely never yelling, but yet firm and fair. My sister and I always knew to come running with the low snap of his fingers.    Giving us tidbits of wisdom when we needed it, even if we sometimes didn't want it.  Those tidbits are what come up in my mind vividly when raising my son.  And lastly, that wink and smile.  Telling you that he is proud of you, that you did well and that he loves you with all of his heart, all without saying a word. This was all passed down from my papaw and his father, KW who did the same thing, as well as his brothers and my amazing uncles, Don and Wilburn.  I am sad that I lost my father but I know that he couldn't wait to see his brothers and parents again in Heaven.

Dad was never a big fan of crowds, especially if they were meant for him.  That is why we have chosen to keep his funeral arrangements private, just like he wanted.

Boone-Nickell Funeral Home is helping us care for these arrangements for Dad.

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