Paul Lee Bird |
| Posted 2019-02-02 by Pat R |
| Wickenburg Sun (Wickenburg, Arizona) Wednesday, January 30, 2019, p. A-5 Paul Lee Bird Dec. 7, 1973 - Dec. 28, 2018 My cowboy--Lee Bird, passed away on Dec. 28, 2018, with his beautiful angel (as this is what he called me)--Kimberly Land, and great friend Lisa Rivers by his side. Lee was born Dec. 7, 1973, in Cottonwood. Lee grew up in Sedona and Alaska and lived in parts of the Phoenix area throughout his adult life. We moved up to Wickenburg two years ago, and he/we loved being here. Lee is and was the proud owner of Twin-birds Saddlery, where he was a custom leather-man, making saddles, belts, holsters and much more. His business was in the Double H Custom Hat shop, where he worked with his best friend Jimmy "The Hat Man" Harrison. Lee loved talking to folks that walked through the door and when you walked out of the shop, you had a new friend in Lee Bird. I would laugh at him sometimes because he would go into the grocery store, for a quick minute and an hour later he would come out with the one or two things, and I would ask what took so long and he said, "I was visiting with our friends." Lee would tell folks all the places to check out while here in Wickenburg and in other parts of Arizona, and on one or more occasions, Lee would talk a gentlemen (sic: gentleman) into coming out in April to become a Desert Caballero and join him and his DC brothers for a wonderful ride. That's were (sic: where) you would see him riding Big Clyde, his mule. Along with being a chamber member, and an Elks lodge member, where he became a five-year trustee. It was a volunteer position that he loved, and if you went to the lodge for Bingo on a Thursday night you would find Lee cooking for the Bingo folks. Lee and I had many adventures, from a picnic in the park to a road trip, with our fur babies, Buster and Athena. Lee is survived by his fiancée and life partner of three years, Kimberly Land; father Gene Bird; children Emily and Travis Bird and Carter Land; Jimmy Harrison and Lee's many camp Remuda brothers and Elks family and friends. Services are Feb. 2, at the Place Church, 885 America St., at 1 p.m., followed by a celebration of life at 2:30 p.m. at the Wickenburg Elks Lodge, 122 N. Frontier St. In lieu of flowers, donations for his services will be taken at the time of his celebration. |
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