Lee W. Waldron

LEE WILLIAM WALDRON WAS CALLED HOME ON FEBRUARY 24, 2025. HE RESIDED AT THE GLEBE IN DALEVILLE, VIRGINIA WITH HIS WIFE OF 55 YEARS, VIRGINIA HUNDLEY WALDRON. LEE WAS BORN IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ON FEBRUARY 13, 1933 TO VERN AND LORNA DOONE WALDRON. HE WAS ONE OF SIX CHILDREN; FOUR BOYS AND TWO GIRLS. IN THE EIGHTH GRADE, LEE MOVED TO SHERIDAN, MICHIGAN TO ATTEND A NEW SCHOOL. UPON COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL, LEE FOLLOWED IN THE STEPS OF HIS TWO OLDER BROTHERS AND ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY, SERVING FOUR YEARS. UPON HONORABLE DISCHARGE, HE ENROLLED IN MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND MAJORED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. AFTER GRADUATION HIS CAREER BEGAN WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS. OVER THE YEARS LEE WAS ASSIGNED TO BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, DANVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, ROANOKE, RICHMOND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA, MIAMI, FLORIDA, OKLAHOMA CITY AND RETIRED AFTER HIS LAST ASSIGNMENT IN WASHINGTON, DC. LEE SERVED ON THE DETAIL THAT PROTECTED PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON AND VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO AGNEW. DURING LEE’S LIFE HE WAS ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH. SERVED AS A DEACON, TAUGHT A SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS FOR YOUNG ADULTS, WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR AND SERVED ON THE INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD FOR SEVEN YEARS.

LEE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, VIRGINIA HUNDLEY WALDRON, SISTER PATRICIA BURGETT, STEP SON WILLIAM KENT MARTIN AND HIS WIFE SHELLI MARTIN, STEP DAUGHTER, KAREN M. SPRATT AND HUSBAND JULIAN SPRATT, GRANDAUGHTERS MIRIAH MATTOX AND HUSBAND BRADLEY, CHANTEL SAUNDERS AND HUSBAND DANIEL, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN DYLAN MACK AND KARIS SAUNDERS.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT THE GLEBE, IN DALEVILLE, VIRGINIA, AT A DATE TO BE DETERMINED, LATER THIS YEAR.