Officials at the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office are mourning the loss of their longtime jail chaplain. The Rev. Lee Anderson, who spent 42 years as jail chaplain before retiring in 2016, passed away over the weekend at the age of 85. In addition to his four plus decades at the jail, Rev. Anderson also worked for 28 years as a semi driver for Smith’s Dairy and founded the New Life Assembly in Wooster, where he served as the pastor and a Sunday school teacher.
Former jail chaplain passes away
