Thomas Howard Lee

Thomas Howard "Bus" Lee was a 55-year-old man from Gallipolis, Ohio, who died in the Silver Bridge collapse. He was the personal chauffeur for the widow of New York columnist, O.O. McIntyre during her summer visits to Gallipolis. Lee's body was recovered on Dec. 21, 1967.

Lee Rites To Be Held On Saturday
Daily Tribune (Gallipolis, OH) - Thursday, Dec. 21, 1967

Funeral services for Thomas Howard (Bus) Lee, 55, of 731 Third Ave., Gallipolis will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday at the Waugh-Halley-Wood funeral Home under the direction of Rev. Elbert D McGhee, Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery.

Mr. Lee was one of the Silver Bridge disaster victims. His body was recovered around 5:30 a.m. today.

He was born on Feb. 7, 1912, in Gallipolis, son of Samuel D. and Eva Harris Lee. He never married.

Mr. Lee was a graduate of Parkersburg High School where he was a football player. He had been a shop employee of the G&J Auto Parts in Gallipolis for the past 25 years.

Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Helen Spencer, Columbus; Mrs. Susie Jackson, Fostoria; Mrs. Ora Anderson, Mrs. Edna Casey and Mrs. Mae Burton, all of Gallipolis; Fremont Lee, Cleveland; Christopher Lee, Flint, Mich.; and Robert E. (Bill) Lee, Gallipolis.

He was a member of the Elks Lodge in Parkersburg.

Friends may call at the funeral home between 7 and 9 p.m. Friday.