Eddie Lee Young, 84, of Fort Myers, Florida, peacefully passed into Jesus’s arms with loved ones at his side, on May 31, 2022, at Joanne’s House at Hope Hospice in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Eddie Lee was the first of four sons born to Edward Lee Young and Sarah Juanita Shenefield Young who lived on Pineland at the time. He was born in Lee Memorial Hospital on September 21, 1937.
Eddie Lee was predeceased by his parents, his wife Martha, brothers; Charles W. Young and his wife Barbara, William J. (Bill/Billy) Young, and Jake B. Young and his wife Laura, many aunts, uncles, and cousins. He is survived by his aunt Winnie Green, sister-in-law Katherine Young Chappelle, a host of cousins, close nieces and nephews, and his beloved church family at Gulf Coast Church of Christ.
Eddie Lee graduated from Fort Myers High School, class of 1956. After high school, he attended The Business University of Tampa and worked part-time for Winn-Dixie. After graduation he worked full time for Winn-Dixie in Tampa and attended night class at Saint Petersburg Junior College. Once he accumulated enough credits for one year, he moved back to Fort Myers to finish at newly opened Edison Junior College and worked part time, then full time at Leeds Shoes for four years. After Leeds, Eddie worked eight years for North Electric Company installing central office equipment for telephone companies, and this field became his lifetime career, transferring to United Telephone of Florida (Sprint). With time bridged, his career spanned 26 years.
Eddie Lee’s friends, Tom and Diane Bartleson, introduced him to Martha Jean Nault and they were married in 1978. Sadly, Martha passed away in 1982, but they enjoyed a happy marriage for four years. When they married, between them, they had twenty-six nieces and nephews which delighted them. That’s probably when he became lovingly known to everyone as “Uncle Eddie.”
The family will receive friends at 10:00 am Wednesday, June 8, 2022, with the funeral service immediately following, at Gulf Coast Church of Christ, 9550 Ben C. Pratt/Six Mile Cypress Parkway, Fort Myers, FL 33966, Pastor Randy Simmons officiating. Burial will take place in Lee Memorial Park, State Road 82, Fort Myers. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Gulf Coast Church of Christ in memory of Eddie Lee Young.