Stella Lee:  

My profile picture is of me and my two sons taken Thanksgiving 2010, which just happened to be my birthday. To my right is my oldest, Tommy and to my left is John. They complete me. After graduation I attended 20th Century Business College in Mobile. Within a couple of months I was hired by Pope & Quint Real Estate & Insurance to work for Arthur B. Pope & E. L Quint and six real estate agents. Quite an undertaking for a 17 year old girl from Prichard, AL. After a year and a half, when my folks transferred to Houston, TX I went along with them and within one week was hired by Houston Chamber of Commerce to work for the Business Manager. During my 7 years there, the CofC was instrumental in bringing NASA Manned Spacecraft Center and The Astrodome to Houston. I felt honored then and now to be a part of "making that happen". My claim to fame was placing cowboy hats on the original 7 astronauts.When John was almost one year old, I went back to work--for the Purchasing Agent of Transwestern Pipeline Co. and eventually I went to work for the Executive Vice President of Occidental Chemical Company. In 1972 I took a position as Administrative Assistant to President of Mark Lee & Associates. I spent the final 20 years of my career with ML&A, eventually branching into Mark Lee Investments. The most important and most rewarding events in my life were the births of my two sons. They are more than my pride and joy; they are the Wind Beneath My Wings. Tommy and his wife gave me two delightful grandsons; Johnny and his wife, a grandson and his twin sister and later one other Grand daughter. I won't try to argue that they are all the brightest, most beautiful, smartest and kindest people in the world -- the facts are They Just Are! My late husband, Mike, and I owned and operated (along with 35 employees) our real estate development business. We were involved in all phases of real estate development--buying raw land, our own architectural department, const...Expand for more