Mrs. Lee Jones Midyette, age 73, a resident of Washington, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2018, at Vidant Medical Center.

A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church and will be conducted by Rev. James G. Reed. The family will receive friends in the church library following the service.

Mrs. Midyette was born in Beaufort County on Jan. 22, 1945, to the late Samuel Selby Jones Jr. and Nancy Lee Hooker Jones. She was a 1963 graduate of Washington High School, attended Hardbarger Business College and in 1994 retired as a school teacher with the Wake County School System. On Oct. 10, 1964, she married Jack Boyd Midyette, Jr. who survives.

Survivors include her husband Jack B. Midyette, Jr. of the home; two sons, Jack Midyette III and wife Tanya, of Wake Forest, and Damron Midyette, of Clayton; two brothers, Samuel S. Jones III and wife Cindy, of Goldsboro, Wilbo Jones and wife Jeannie, of Cary; and three grandchildren, Samantha, Gregory and Noah.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center, Walk of Hope Fund, 1209 Brown St., Washington, NC 27889 of Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 985, Washington, NC 27889.

You may address condolences to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com.

Paul Funeral Home & Crematory of Washington is honored to serve the Midyette family.