Anna Cathryn Lee

Anna Cathryn Leep Lee, age 95, of Carrollton, Kentucky, passed this life on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Carrollton, Kentucky.

She was born on Tuesday, February 3, 1931, in Carrollton, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Homer Leep and Corene Myrtle (Abott) Harrison. She had retired as an inspector after 38 years with Teledyne-Wirz Tube Factory in Carrollton.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Carrollton.

Anna is survived by a daughter, Phyllis Mefford Curd of Carrollton, Kentucky, and a son and daughter-in-law, David and Kathy Mefford of Carrollton, Kentucky. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Lauren Mefford Sauls, and her husband Mike of Carrollton, Kentucky, Evan Mefford and his wife, Makena of Carrollton, Kentucky, Jordan Mefford and his wife, Bethany of Lexington, Kentucky, and Caitlin Mefford Bodzenski and her husband, Bill, of Batavia, Ohio.

She is blessed with ten great-grandchildren, Parker, Campbell and Brandon Sauls and his wife, Ciara of Carrollton, Kentucky, Oaklin and Palmer Bodenski of Batavia, Ohio, Monroe and Winslow Mefford of Carrollton, Kentucky, and Maris, Maddox, and Maverick Mefford of Lexington, Kentucky.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Raymond Mefford, Jr., on August 21, 1987, and her second husband, James C. "J.C." Lee, on December 17, 2012; her siblings, Gladys Johnson, June Egerton, and John Leep, Sr., also preceded her in death.

Funeral Services will be on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 1:00 P.M. at the Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home with the Rev. Chris White officiating the service. Visitation will be from 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at the funeral home. Interment will take place in the English Cemetery in Carrollton, Kentucky.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial gifts may be given to the First Baptist Church of Carrollton in her honor.

Arrangements have been entrusted with the Tandy-Eckler-Riley Funeral Home.