Lemon, Willie

In Loving Memory of

Willie D. Lemon

September 6, 1924 -

September 6, 1997

Your presence we miss.

Your memory we treasure.

Loving you always.

Forgetting you never.

Reflecting on his love today and always…

Dorothy, Katheryn, Sherman, Wanda, Sandra, Dana, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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