1913–1993

Introduction

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Born: Au­gust 13, 1913, Car­ters­ville, Geor­gia.

Died: May 25, 1993, Can­ton, Geor­gia.

Buried: Che­ro­kee Me­mo­ri­al Park, Can­ton, Geor­gia.

Biography

Lee was the son of Dee Ziff Ab­er­na­thy and Cla­ra Braw­ner, and hus­band of Ed­na Lou­ise Am­mons.

He was in­duct­ed in­to the Gos­pel Mu­sic As­so­ci­ation Hall of Fame in 1973, and the South­ern Gos­pel Mu­sic As­so­cia­tion Hall of Fame in 1997.

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