Lora Lee York, 85, of Trenton, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at her home.
She was raised in Long Island, Al., before marrying and becoming a life-long resident of Dade County. She and her late husband owned York’s Grocery on Highway 301 and York’s Grocery #2 in the New Home Community. Lora Lee was a member of Straightway Baptist Church and was devoted to her family; a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph “Bud” York; parents, James & Mary White; son, Ricky York; brothers, Raymond & Herschel White; sisters, Faye Cooper, Nina Ruth Clark, Nellie Maxwell & Patricia Barnett; and daughter-in-law, Karen York.
Survivors include her sons, Roger York, Randy (Lisa) York & Shannon (Michele) York; daughters, Gayla (Larry) Gass & Tammy (Bruce) Cooper; daughter-in-law, Vicky York; sister, Velma (Paul) Malone; 19 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Aug. 7 at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Gary Bone officiating. Interment will follow in Straightway Cemetery, Bryant, Al.
Expressions of sympathy may be shared at ryanfuneralhome.net.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 4-8 p.m. and Sunday from noon until the funeral hour at Ryan Funeral Home & Crematory, Trenton.