Betty Jean Lee

Ms. Betty Jean Bornt Lee, a resident of the First Assembly Living Center in Concord, NC, expired on Tuesday, February 13th, at the Center. The former Betty Jean Bornt, she was born in the Town of Maine, New York, on May 14, 1927, the daughter of Charles Frederick Bornt and Agnes Catherine Geiser Bornt. She resided in the Charlotte, NC, area since 1979, most notably at the Mint Hill Alpine Village from 1989 to 2015. She was married to Reese Johnson, her husband of 61 years, who preceded her in death on July 21, 2012. Also preceding her in death on April 18, 1944, was her first husband, Richard Edson of Union Center, NY, a naval casualty of WWII in the North Atlantic Theater. Betty was also preceded by their son, Richard Wyman Edson on June 2, 1988, himself a Charlotte resident since 1979. Betty enjoyed many things in life including golf and baseball. She was a student of the game and in fact, a local radio station asked her to stop calling in as she knew all of their baseball trivia questions. What she enjoyed most in life was time spent with family and friends, including her church family at Union Center Christian Church in New York and Calvary Church in Charlotte. Betty is survived by her younger sister, Annamae Rude of Maine, NY; a middle son Reese Alson (wife Mary) Lee of Munson, PA; and youngest son Roger Alan (wife Susan) Lee of Concord; her grandsons: Justin Reese of LaMirada, CA, and Brian James of Guilford, CT. She is further survived by numerous other family and friends. She was further preceded in death by a sister, Delores M. Lewis in June of 1990 and a brother, Delmont F. Bornt in 1968. The family of Lowe-Neddo Funeral Home has been given the privilege of caring for Betty’s family. A gathering of friends and family will begin at noon on Friday, February 16, at the funeral home, 4715 Margaret Wallace Road, Matthews. At 1 pm, all will join in the funeral home chapel for a service to celebrate the life, love and blessing of Ms. Betty. All services will conclude at the funeral home with Betty being taken privately to Sunset Memory Gardens for interment next to her husband, Reese. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials in Betty’s name be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association Research, www.mda.org or the Golden Key Prison Ministries, http://www.goldenkeyprisonministry.org/

Betty Jean Lee

May 14, 1927 - February 13, 2018