Lee Ethel Vereen

Lee Ethel Vereen
Lee Ethel Vereen

October 22, 1952 ~ August 21, 2021 (age 68)

Lee Ethel Vereen, 68, of Tabor City, died Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Atrium Health Union in Monroe.

The funeral will be 11:00 AM Saturday, August 28, on the lawn of Club 15 Civic Center, Jarvis Street, Tabor City, by Pastor John C. Williams, Jr. of Holy Light Holiness Church.  Burial will be in the Columbus County Singing Union Cemetery.

Walk-thru viewing will be Friday from 5:00 to 6:00 PM at Peoples Funeral Chapel in Whiteville.

Surviving are her sons, Darrick Vereen (Pia) of Tabor City, Ralph Vance McCoy (Mittie) of Wadesboro, and Harry McCoy of Tabor City; brothers, Charles Vereen of Elizabeth City, Franklin Vereen& Albert Vereen of Columbia, SC, Darrell Vereen of Whiteville, and Marvin Vereen of Raleigh.

A service of Peoples Funeral Home of Whiteville

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