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Jonathan Peery Lee
March 27,1946 - January 19, 2009
Jonathan Peery Lee of Flint Hill, Virginia died on Monday, January 19, 2009. He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts to Robert and Clyde Lee and spent most of his childhood living overseas in Turkey, India, and Libya. Jon graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1964. Jon served as a Captain in the United States Army from 1966 to 1972. He graduated from OCS at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. As a Cobra Helicopter Pilot, he served in the 1st Cavaliy Division in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. After his service in Vietnam, he was an instructor pilot at Fort Hunter in Savannah, Georgia. Among his awards, he received The Bronze Star, The Air Medal for Heroism and The American Spirit Honor Medal for the display of outstanding qualities of leadership best expressing the American Spirit: Honor, Initiative, Loyalty and High Example to Comrades in Arms. Jon graduated from the University of Texas in 1976. He founded the Texas Framers Cooperative in Austin, Texas. He and his family moved to Flint Hill in 1979 where he started Lakewood Stove Manufacturing, later the Catalytic Damper Corporation. He held a patent for catalytic dampers for wood burning stoves and kerosene heaters. For many years he worked in sales for the window and stairs industry. As a life long participant and lover of sports, Jon encouraged Wakefield School to start their basketball team by opening the Flint Hill warehouse for practices. He also started the tradition of the Silver Bucket Tournament, a basketball game between faculty and students, which continues today. Jon is survived by his wife of 41 years, Margaret Dove Lee; his daughters, Gabrielle and Britney; known as Poppie and loved by his grandchildren, Kelsey, Jake, Sidney, Jenna, Katey and Jon Keeton. A gathering of family and friends will be held at a later date. Jon was an avid reader and lover of the written word. In his memory, the family requests donations be made to the
Rappahannock County Library
P.O. Box 55, Washington, Virginia, 22747.
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