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     Larry James Lee, 56, of Peoria, passed away at 12:10 a.m. on Sunday, November 25, 2012, at Heartland of Peoria.
     Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 30, 2012, at Clary Funeral Home, 3004 West Lake Avenue in Peoria, with the Rev. Theodore Hunt officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Interment will be at Mt. Hawley Cemetery in Peoria.
     Larry was born in Ripley, TN on July 22, 1956, a son of William Manns and Lola Mae Lee. He was raised by his mother and her husband, Robert Purdle. They preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by a son, William Lee, and a sister, Laura Purdle.
     He is survived by his sons, Lamont Lee of Peoria and Christopher and Michael Robinson of Galesburg; daughter, Miranda Robinson of Peoria; sisters, Beverly (Charles) Taylor, Elizabeth Greer, Linda, Angela and Blanche Purdle, all of Peoria; brothers, Clarence and David (Monica) Purdle of Peoria and Barry Manns of Kansas City, KS; aunts, Barbara and Darlene Lee and Catherine Dotson; seven grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
     Larry was last employed with Steve Schultz Landscaping in Morton and was formerly employed with the TP & W Railroad and Jim’s Steakhouse. He was a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Peoria.
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Hendrick Polanco My deepest condolences January 2, 2014
 

My deepest condolences.  May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...

John 11:32-45

32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”

38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”

45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;

Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage

http://www.jw.org