Lula Patricia Lee was a strong, wise & caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world to be with her Heavenly Father on January 24, 2021.

Patricia was born on February 25, 1937 to the late Mack Franklin and Mary Moore. After graduating from high school, Patricia moved to New York where she met her husband, Joseph Jerome Lee. They had 4 children: Malcolm Jerome Lee, Cheryl Evonn Barrow, Joseph Erwin Lee, and Edmund Brent Lee.

Patricia was a dedicated member of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey where she held many auxiliary positions. Always willing to serve and lend a helping hand.

Patricia went on to graduate from Essex County College with a degree in Human Social Services. She received numerous awards from Essex and was a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. After college Patricia went to work for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Executive office for Immigration until she retired August 15, 2005.

Patricia was a woman of extreme strength, courage, and love. She had the ability to hold herself with such dignity and pride all her days. She remembered all our accomplishments and forgave all our mistakes. Words can't express how much we will miss her. She may be gone from our sight, but she will never be gone from our hearts. Which now truly makes her our angel.

Patricia leaves to cherish her memory; one daughter, Ms. Cheryl E. Barrow (Spring Lake, NC), two sons, Mr. Joseph E. Lee (Ochlocknee, GA) & Mr. Edmund B. Lee (Beverly; Gulfport, MS). Seven sisters: Ruby Moore (Albany, GA), Beatrice Ford (Dothan, AL), Margaret Hicks (Bloomfield, CT), Dorothy Redding (Donald; Albany, GA), Forestine Richardson, (Margate, FL), Mary Caesar, (Margate, FL), Barbara Hagan, (Palmetto, FL), Fourteen Grandchildren, Twenty-One Great-Grandchildren, & One Great-Great- Grandchild and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by one son Mr. Malcolm Jerome Lee, three brothers: W.D. Moore, Jimmy Moore, & Benjamin Moore. Two sisters: Rachel Everette, & Earnestine Moore.