James Lee 3rd had a brief career working for the C H Karr Company a river and industrial supply company. His father Capt. James Lee Jr. took over the business sometime in 1887 or 1888 following the companies financial difficulties and renamed the business Lee Brothers Co. which became the sole supplier to the Lee Line for all repair and maintenance items. James Lee 3rd worked for Lee Bros. for a brief time before engaging in a number of business ventures and occupations prior to his passing in 1919. He married his fathers law partners daughter Bodine Warinner. Together they had one daughter Sadie Ardinger Lee. They are buried in the H C Warinner family plot at Elmwood Cemetery.
James Lee 3rd son of James Lee Jr. and Capt. James Lee Sr.
Bodine Warinner wife of James Lee 3rd Elmwood Cemetery Memphis, TN