Mary Lee

Obituary of Mary McGeeney Lee

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Mary McGeeney Lee passed away Sunday, August 27, 2017, at home with the loving support of family and care givers. Mary was born January 23, 1926, in Baytown, Texas, and lived a vibrant life to age 91.  

Mary was a Registered Nurse from 1950 to 1992, and created one of the first medical surgical nursing services in the Texas Medical Center.  Mary loved managing her Linda Vista Apartments in the shadow of the Texas Medical Center for the many students and doctors from around the world who would take courses at the Houston medical schools. 

Mary was survived by her cousin, Hortense Patterson of San Antonio, and her family, and by her adopted son, Joe Riley Davidson, and his wife, Rose Marie Davidson, of Houston, and their child, Laura Davidson Fowell and her husband, Jason Lee Fowell, and their children, Emma, Colin and Grace of Cypress, Texas.   

For many years, Mary was a daily communicant at her beloved Holy Rosary Catholic Church and loved attending evening Vespers with family, friends and the Dominicans. 

A Rosary followed by The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Houston, Texas, at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 1, 2017, 3617 Milam Street, Houston, TX. Burial will be private.