Norman Dean Lee

	Norman Dean Lee, age 81, of Tamaroa, IL, died at the Pinckneyville Community Hospital Skilled Care Unit on Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 8:28 p.m.
	Dean was born on July 25, 1922 in Perry County, IL the son of Clyde Raymond and Hazel Lela (Marlow) Lee.  He married Emma Belle Huggins on August 23, 1941 in DuQuoin, IL and she survives.  Dean worked as a coal miner for both the Peabody Coal Co. and Consol Coal Co.  He was a member of the Holt's Prairie Baptist Church in Pinckneyville, the U.M.W.A and enjoyed spending time with his family.
	Survivors include his wife Emma Lee, a son, Gerald D. Lee and wife Linda, and a daughter, Nancy Hirsch and husband Don, all of Tamaroa, IL.  2 brothers, Robert Lee of Crossville, TN and Roger Lee and wife Sharon of Tamaroa, IL, a sister, Nina Huggins of Pinckneyville, IL, 5 grandsons, Timothy Don Hirsch, Barry Kent Hirsch, Shannon Lee Hirsch, Collin Dean Hirsch and Austin Cody Lee. One step-grandaughter, Danielle Fulk and 12 great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents.
	Funeral services were held at the Holts Prairie Baptist Church in Pinckneyville, IL on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. with Brother Collin Hirsch officiating.  Interment was in the Holt's Prairie Cemetery in Pinckneyville, IL.
	Visitation was held at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville, IL on Tuesday, January 13, 2004 from 5:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 from 8:00 a.m. till 9:30 a.m. Then visitation was held at the church from 10:00 a.m. till services.
	In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Pinckneyville Skilled Care Unit  3rd Floor or Holt's Prairie Church.
