Cornelius Connie Lee

“Connie” retired from the U.S. Navy after serving 22 years as a musician in the Naval Marching Band and in the School of Music. He also retired from the VA Department of Taxation. He was a faithful member of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church and their choir. He served the Lord faithfully. He was a lovely husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, and friend. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion. He was involved in many charities, loved playing golf and most of all making music. He was a 1983 graduate of ODU. He was a special father and grandfather that was devoted to his family. He was a man that loved making people smile with his humor.

Left to cherish his memory are his son, John Lee; daughter, Helen Maria Truelove; grandchildren, Jennifer Bourgeois and husband André, Jacklyn E. Truelove, and Kriss L. Truelove Jr.; brothers, Ronnie (Rheba), Michael (Joy), and Orin (Susan); and many nieces, nephews, and loving family. Connie will be missed greatly by the family he adored.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 am on Wed., March 2, 2016 at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Virginia Beach with burial to follow at Rosewood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm on Tuesday at Rosewood Kellum Funeral Home. You may offer condolences to the family at www.kellumfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's foundation.

"He was in loving hands here on Earth, and now is in God's loving hands."