December 4, 1937 – July 23, 2024

Thomas Lee Williamson was born December 4, 1937, to Tom and Anna Williamson in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He graduated from Steamboat Springs High in 1955 and joined the Navy in 1956. He trained and served as an air traffic controller on the carrier USS Saratoga and traveled throughout the Mediterranean during his service, being based at South Weymouth, Massachusetts when stateside.
On leave in 1959, his father introduced him to Sally Green, and Lee and Sally married on August 7, 1959. He completed his military service and returned to the Yampa Valley where he worked at the REA in Steamboat before buying the family ranch from his dad. Lee and Sally had two sons, Jim and Tom, and a daughter, Lisa. After a few years in Meeker and then a small town in eastern Washington, Lee and Sally returned to the Yampa Valley. Lee worked at the Hayden Gulch and Colowyo mines for a number of years but he and Sally always kept ties to agriculture, owning small ranches in Routt and Moffat counties and in their later years, Torrington, Wyoming. Lee died there on July 23, a little more than 8 months after Sally, with family by his side.
Lee was preceded in death by his parents and sisters, his wife of 64 years, brother-in-law Jerry Green, and grandson Matthew Williamson. He is survived by his sister-in-law Judy Green, children Jim (Debbie) Williamson, Tom (Dave Roberts) Williamson, and Lisa (Steve) Smith, grandchildren Martin (Jill) Williamson, Mitchell (Rebekah) Williamson, Michelle Koons, Daniel Smith, Christopher (Maddie) Smith, Cameron (Kaitlyn Lee) Smith, Jacob Chae, Adele (Andrew Hynes) Roberts-White, and ten great-grandchildren.