From the Haleyville Advertiser, August 28, 1941
SAM LEE KILLED BY TRAIN SUNDAY
South Haleyville Resident Cut In Two While Crossing Tracks
Submitted by Joann Holdbrooks

Sam Lee, 25 year-old cotton mill employee, was almost cut in two at his waist when a train ran over him near the I. C. yards about midnight (CST) Sunday night.

He was buried in the Union Grove Cemetery at 4:30 P. M. (CDST) Monday evening. Bro. Frank Van Dyke officiated.

Surviving him are his wife and four year old son, Benny Joe; His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anson Lee; three brothers, Jesse, Roy and Bob Lee, and one sister Mrs. Bill Ellenburg. He lived in South Haleyville.