Roscoe Walton Lea

Published 10:03 am Thursday, October 30, 2014

Funeral Services for Roscoe Walton Lea of Brookhaven are 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, at Riverwood Family Funeral Services with burial in Riverwood Memorial Park. Riverwood Family Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation is Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, from 4 until 8 p.m. at Riverwood Family Funeral Services.

Mr. Lea, 84, died Oct. 29, 2014, at his residence. He was born on Jan. 13, 1930, to Ivo A Lea and Naomie Kleinpeter Lea.

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Mr. Lea was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during the Korean Conflict. He was also a local business owner and a member of Easthaven Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; one brother, I.H. Lea; and one sister, Ivolene Coker.

Survivors are his wife of 57 years, Mildred Robinson Lea; sons, Coney Lea and wife, Bobbie Fay, and Kline Lea and wife, Sandra; one daughter, Sherry Lea Mixon; brothers, Roland Lea, Marcus Lea and Teunnison Lea; one sister, Delores Lea Greer; four grandchildren, Mathew Mixon and wife, Lindsay, Lacey Mixon, Alex Case and husband, Jeffery, and Macey Lea; and one great-granddaughter, Vida Rose Mixon.

Memorials may be made to Easthaven Baptist Church in memory of Roscoe Walton Lea.

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