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Three Turner soldiers catch up on the latest news as reported by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly at the Keokuk reenactment in April 2001.
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COMPANY M, 1st MISSOURI LIGHT ARTILLERY COMPANY K, 1st MISSOURI LIGHT ARTILLERY COMPANY G, 17th MISSOURI INFANTRY |
Brigade Honors Memory of John Lee, former Captain of Company G
Greg Zelinske, current Captain of Company G, John Lee, and his son Sam at the Old Courthouse Christmas Ball in December 2008. John Lee, former Captain of Company G, passed away suddenly on March 18, 2009. He is survived by his wife, Monica, and sons Richie, Sam and T.J. John joined Company M in the second half of 1992. During the period in the early '90's when Company M was growing in numbers, but the gun owners at the time were not always getting the guns to events, John was among those who got muskets to serve as infantry when not needed on the guns. This was the beginning of Company G. By 1996, John was one of Company M's sergeants. In 1997, Company G organized formally with John commanding as Corporal. He was elected First Lieutenant, Commanding, in 1998 through 2000, and then Captain, Commanding, in 2001. Family obligations caused John to reduce his reenacting participation the next year, and he relinquished command of Company G to Dave Burns in 2002. John began participating again occasionally with his son Richie starting with the 2007 Pilot Knob event, and they both were at the 2008 Veterans' Day Parade with the Turners. John Lee was an important part of the growth of the Turner Brigade and Company G in particular. We were looking forward to seeing him in uniform again more often. He will be missed.
Turners fire a salute to their former captain after the funeral service.
John Lee leads Company G at the 2000 Turner Spring Drill at Jefferson Barracks. |
