Robert Atlas Lee, Jr.

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Robert Atlas Lee, Jr., 99, of Detroit, Michigan, passed away on April 7, 2025, and was born on September 16, 1925, in Cornersville, Tennessee.

Funeral Services are on:

Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 11 am, 10 am family hour

Metropolitan United Methodist Church

8000 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202

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Burial immediately following the funeral at:

Detroit Memorial Park East

4280 E Thirteen Mile Rd, Warren, MI 48092

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THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE
OF

Robert Atlas Lee, Jr.

16 September 1925 – 07 April 2025

ORDER OF SERVICES

Gathering Music

Sarmad Ashkuri

Welcome/Words of Grace

CLM Minister Sherman Louis

Prayer

Reverend Taek Kim

Scripture

“Psalms 23”

Reverend Taek Kim

Musical Selection

Amazing Grace

Ms. Dorothy Dunsing, Mezzo-Soprano

Remarks

Edgar Lee

Musical Selection

Running Out of Time

Edgar Lee

Eulogy

CLM Minister Sherman Louis

Benediction

Postlude

Sarmad Ashkuri

The family would like to thank everyone who shared in the life of Robert Atlas Lee, Jr., as he dwelled on

this earth, and as he is received by our Lord and Savior in heaven. May you continue to be blessed.

Blessings and Grace.

Letha M. Lee, Pamela J. Lee, Edgar Lee, and Sabrina Renee Lee

OBITUARY

Robert Atlas Lee, Jr. was born on 16 September 1925 to the parents of Lorene Redmond (Lee) and Robert Atlas Lee, Sr., who preceded him in death. He had four siblings who preceded him in death: an unnamed twin at birth, Izora (Norton), Lucille (Walker), and Flossie (Greer). He has one living sibling, Hattie Johnson, who resides in Lewisburg, Tennessee.

Robert began his educational studies in a one-room schoolhouse in Cornersville, Tennessee. He served in the United States Navy. He continued higher learning and studies at Tennessee State University, where he would graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. It was at Tennessee State University where he met Letha Maurice Douglas (Lee), swooped her off her feet, and married her in holy matrimony.

Robert and Letha married on 19 June 1954 and moved to Pontiac, Michigan, where he began working for the United States Postal Office (USPO) as a railway mail thrower. Later, he would work for the USPO at the Fort Street Post Office in Detroit, Michigan, upon moving to Detroit in 1956, as mailroom personnel. He was an avid bowler and golfer, playing and competing on teams with friends and colleagues whom he met while working at the USPO. He and his teammates would travel and win a multitude of trophies while in competition. Upon retirement, he would learn how to swim and continue landscaping and gardening the property that he owned and lived in, while being active in the community.

With Letha, Robert would have two children, Sabrina Renee Lee (Gates) and Pamela Joy Lee. Sabrina would precede her father in death in July 1986. Pamela Joy resides and lives in Virginia after retiring from the United States Army with her two children, Robert’s grandchildren: Edgar Lee and Sabrina Renee Lee. Robert Atlas Lee, Jr. is survived by his wife Letha, sister Hattie, daughter Dr. Pamela Joy, and grandchildren Edgar Lee and Sabrina Renee Lee. He also is survived by nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends that he had the pleasure of meeting before he went home to live with our Lord and Savior on 07 April 2025.

He is loved and surely missed by his family and others whom he met along the way. He has flown home to be with the Lord.

Until we meet again

“Some bright morning when this life is over
I'll fly away 

To that home on God's celestial shore 

I'll fly away"

INTERMENT 

Detroit Memorial Park – East
4280 E. Thirteen Mile Road, Warren, Michigan 48092(Immediately following the Services)

Per the Family Request: There will not be a Repass at the home or the church.

Services Provided by: Thompson Funeral Home, Inc., 7643 Dexter Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan 48206