Person:Samuel Proffitt (13)
Lehman "Lee" Proffitt
b.10 Sep 1879 Sherman, Texas, United States
d.7 Aug 1958 Centralia, Lewis, Washington, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 7 Sep 1865
  1. Sarah Ellen Proffitt1866 - 1945
  2. Florence Finnette Proffitt1869 - 1952
  3. John Andrew Jackson Proffitt1871 - 1955
  4. Harvey J. Proffitt1873 - 1873
  5. Ada Alice Proffitt1874 - 1965
  6. Ida J. Bell Proffitt1877 - 1936
  7. Lehman "Lee" Proffitt1879 - 1958
  8. Netty Proffitt1883 - 1883
  9. William H. Proffitt1884 - 1885
  10. George Benjamin Proffitt1888 - 1956
Spouse and Children
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m. 26 Oct 1904
  1. Lehman Maurice Proffitt1906 - 1990
  2. Dean Algene Proffitt1907 - 1984
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Lehman "Lee" Proffitt
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Sep 1879 Sherman, Texas, United States
Marriage 26 Oct 1904 Centralia, Lewis, Washington, United Statesto Willehemene Jessie Hill
Death[1] 7 Aug 1958 Centralia, Lewis, Washington, United States
Obituary[1]
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Centralia Chronicle
    7 Aug 1958.

    Pioneer Store Owner Passes

    Funeral services were conducted in Centralia Tuesday for one of the area's last old-time pioneer businessmen, Lehman (Lee) Proffitt, who died Saturday in a Centralia hospital after a long illness. He was 78.

    Born near Sherman, Texas, on September 10, 1879, he was nine years old when he came to Centralia with his parents and six brothers and sisters. The family homsteaded near Randle after first settling on a farm on Lincoln creek.

    Mr. Proffitt opened the store which bears his name in Centralia in 1907, and during the past half-century the firm has opened branches in Longview, Olympia and Chehalis. The Chehalis store has been in operation more than 40 years, the Longview store for 25 and the Olympia store 6 years.

    He had been active in community affairs and numerous civic and fraternal organizations.

    Survivors include his wife Grace; two sons, Lehman M., Centralia, and Dean A., Olympia; two step-daughters. Mrs Carl Killian, Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. Barbara Westholm, Centralia; a sister, Mrs. Ada Blankinship, Randle, and four great grandchildren.

  2.   Proffitt’s Celebrates

    29 Years of Business

    75 years ago, in 1936

    Proffitt’s Department Store celebrated, with a store in Centralia, as well as Chehalis and Longview.

    “Proffitt’s department store has grown ... from a room 25 by 50 feet in size on the same corner as the present store occupies,” The Centralia Daily Chronicle wrote. “Proffitt’s has grown to one of the largest and most modern stores in any city this size. Previous to purchasing the ‘Ladies Toggery’ from Huntley and Miller in 1907, Lee Proffitt had been employed by I. Rosenthal at the Up-to-Date dry goods store in the city.

    In 1917, Mr. Proffitt purchased the Harry Worth dry goods store in Chehalis and has for the past 18 years operated a modern store in that city. Ralph Young, well known Chehalis young man is the manager. In May 1933, Proffitt’s opened a fine new store in Longview which has proven very popular in that vicinity. Dean Proffitt is manager of the Longview store.”
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