Custis L. "Lee" Stamp Jr.

November 1, 1945 - August 26, 2019

Services for Custis Lee Stamp Jr., 73, of Tyler, Texas will be held on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in the Stewart Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gerry Giles officiating. Burial will take place at Williamson Memorial Cemetery in Franklin, Tennessee. Mr. Stamp passed away Monday, August 26, 2019 in Tyler. He was born November 1, 1945 in Nashville, Tennessee to Custis Lee Stamp and Corrynn Danner Stamp. Lee was a member of Marvin United Methodist Church. He graduated from Vanderbilt University. He held the position of Senior Engineer with American Standard/Trane, earning 7 patents for his work. Lee was formerly employed by RCA, where he was a member of the team building the video camera for NASA, which was involved in the first Apollo moon landing. He was an avid bowler, fisherman and duck hunter. He attained the title of Jaycees International Senator/Life Member. Lee was preceded in death by his parents Custis and Corrynn Stamp. He is survived by his loving family including wife, Becky Stamp; daughters, Katie Stamp and Corry Newman and her husband Gill Newman, Jr.; his two beloved granddaughters, Juliette and Lily Newman; and his sister, Mary Sumner and her husband Allen. Visitation is scheduled from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. preceding the service on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway in Tyler. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Hospice of East Texas Foundation, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75701; Jaycees International, 15645 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63017; or The American Cancer Society,1301 S. Broadway Ave., Tyler, TX 75701.