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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Mercer College community mourns 74-year-old mascot Lee Battle, who died Saturday after 40 years of service. Funeral held at Union Baptist church; he requested burial beside his mother in Forsyth instead of on campus.
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MACON G SNS The whole campus, student body, faculty and alumni of Mercer College were mourning the death of 74-year old Lee Battle, campus mascot and for 40 years an employee of the school.
Campus leaders took an active part in Mr. Lee's funeral held from the Union Baptist church at noon Saturday. His body had lain in state in the university's new funeral room in the theology building an hour and a half prior to the rites.
Mr. Lee, who died Saturday, remembered the name of every graduate who went through the halls of Mercer during his four decades of service variously known about the campus as "Dr. Lee" and Dr. Battle.
He received wide attention several years ago when the school dedicated an issue of the Cyclops, its student publication, to him.
It was disclosed by President Dowell that at one time the trustees had thought of burying Mr. Lee on the university's campus, but abandoned the plan after his request that he be buried at the side of his mother in Forsyth.
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Mercer College, Macon, Union Baptist Church, Forsyth
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Saturday
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The campus of Mercer College mourns the death of 74-year-old mascot Lee Battle, who served for 40 years and knew every graduate. His funeral was held at Union Baptist church on Saturday noon, with his body lying in state beforehand. Trustees considered campus burial but honored his wish to be buried beside his mother in Forsyth. He was once honored with a dedicated issue of the student publication Cyclops.