VIRGINIA LEE MUSGROVE JESSEE, 86, of Paris, died at 3:50 PM, Saturday, January 9, 2010 at the Paris Skilled Nursing Facility. A graveside service is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Ken Cannon officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00-7:00 PM, Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Jessee was born July 30, 1923 in Powderly to Bill and Mabell Sudduth Musgrove. She graduated from Cunningham schools and received her bachelor and master degrees from East Texas State University. She married William Frank “Cricket” Jessee November 18, 1941. He died May 28, 1986. Mrs. Jessee taught Journalism, Speech, and Drama at Paris High School and was employed by the PISD for 36 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Mrs. Jessee is survived by three daughters, Patricia Jessee and husband, Joe Thurmon of Lake Kiowa, Texas, Marylou Jessee and husband, Larry Barkau of Dallas, and Nancy Lee Jessee of Dallas; three granddaughters, Melissa McGee McKechnie and husband, Don of Fort Worth, Molly McGee Pettit and husband, Chad of Carrollton, and Donna Jessee and her partner, Connie Horton of Austin; three great-grandsons, Hayden McGee, Jackson McKechnie, and Tyler Pettit; a sister, Billee Musgrove Smith of Paris; her brother, Johnny Musgrove and wife, Nelta of Paris; a special friend, Jim Collier of Paris; and a close family friend whom she regarded as a son, Johnny Marshall of Mesquite. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Marihelen Musgrove Phillips.