Community mourns Smithfield town councilmember
FROM THERE THROUGH 42 AND ON
INTO WAKE COUNTY. THANK YOU,
BRIAN. TAKE A LOOK NOW AT
SMITHFIELD TOWN COUNCILMAN
MARLIN LEE. HE WAS A COACH, A
FRIEND, A FATHER AND A CHAMPION
FOR HIS COMMUNITY. LEE
UNEXPECTEDLY DIED YESTERDAY AT
JUST 51 YEARS OLD WRAL'S
DASCHLE, PATERSON TALKED TO
FRIENDS WHO SAY HE LED THE EACH
DAY WITH PASSION.
RHODES HANGOVER THIS JOHNSON
COUNTY TOWN AS THE COMMUNITY
COMES TO TERMS WITH THE SUDDEN
LOSS OF MARLIN LEE, HIS IMPACT
WILL BE FELT FAR BEYOND HIS
LIFE HERE ON EARTH. MANY KNEW
HIM AS A SMITHFIELD TOWN
COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT THE CITY
GUS'S GRADUATE ALSO CO 2
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AT
CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL REALLY
INVESTED IN PEOPLE. I'M SURE HE
WAS TALL IN STATURE, BUT
LONGTIME FRIEND BENNETT JONES
CALLS LEE A GIANT IN JOHNSON
COUNTY AND BEYOND. WE ALSO WAS
TALL AND WEIGHS NOT UP FOR
PEOPLE. HIS FRIEND, A GERMAN
PLANE. GEORGE BROUGHT ME TO
SMITH COLLINS PARK. THIS IS ONE
OF THE PLACES THAT WE LOVE
BEING RIGHT HERE AT THIS PARK.
POLICE OFTEN USE TO CELEBRATE
AND UNITE.
>> WE HAVE A REASON WE HAVE
A REASON TO COME TOGETHER.
THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD ROAD AND
FACEBOOK, HIS SERVICE AND
DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY
WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED.
DEFINITELY FLOYD, BECAUSE
THERE'S STILL SO MUCH WORK TO
BE DONE. THE ONLY BLACK
COUNCILMEMBER MCLEAN, GEORGE
SAYS HE LAID THE FOUNDATION TO
CONTINUE THAT WORK. WE HAVE
TO HAVE OUR VOICE IN THE
COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT ROLE IS FULL FIELD
WALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE WORK THAT MARLON GAVE
HIS LIFE TOWARDS WILL CONTINUE
TO CONTINUE ON. AND AS MEMBER
DESTINY, PATTERSON, WRAL, NEWS
JOHNSTON, COUNTY AND FAMILY
MEMBERS CONFIRMED THE LEE DIED
FROM MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS.
THEY'RE PLANNING A BALLOON
RELEASE TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE
AND LEGACY.