George “Lee” Cavett Jr, 84, of Normandy, TN, happily joined his beloved wife Marianne, and our Savior in His heavenly home, on Thursday, June 11, 2026.

Lee loved the Lord and was a member of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Tullahoma, serving in various capacities, including Vestry member, Senior and Junior Warden, teaching Sunday School, Theology Study facilitator, Usher, Lay Reader, Eucharistic Server and The Brotherhood of St. Andrew.

Lee proudly served our country in the Air Force as part of the Strategic Air Command and AME Fire Control group.

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If Renaissance men truly existed, Lee would be among them. A voracious reader and historian, he was also a talented woodworker, water colorist, and Master Gardener. His most important roles, however, were as a follower of Jesus Christ, and a loving, dedicated husband, father, and grandfather.

Lee was preceded in death by Marianne, his loving wife of 63 years; his parents, Lee & Lillie Cavett, Sr.; three sisters, Fannie Marie Cavett, Altha (Leonard) Blankenship, Dorothy (William) Remy; several nieces and nephews, and his sister in spirit, Margaret Lewis.

Lee is survived by daughters, Rene’ Cavett, Laura (Larry) Kuntz; son, Lee Cavett III; his grandchildren, Greg Weaver, Nate Kuntz, and Athena Cavett; several cousins, nieces and nephews; godson, James V. Lewis; and numerous friends.

A service and Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 17, at 1 p.m. at St. Barnabas’ Episcopal &KUFK LWK )U 0LFKDHO 0USK RdFLDWLJ DG WKH Brotherhood of St. Andrew assisting. Organ music will be provided by Katherine Anderson. Lee’s nephew, pianist and soloist Tim Plunk, will provide communion music.

Cremation arrangements were through Tullahoma Funeral Home.

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