I know Lee Jay always wanted to become a Fellow. Despite all he has done over his caving career, somehow Lee Jay slipped thru the cracks of our organization. He has spent a lifetime digging, surveying, studying, assessing, and exploring hundreds of caves across Texas. He discovered one of the rarest and smallest endangered cave spiders in Texas. Lee Jay was very well versed on all aspects of caving. I can recall many times in casual conversation someone would mention a cave and he would just spout off facts about that specific cave. He selflessly spent time at many TCR’s and Convention’s manning the TSA store. He was a active board member of the TCMA. Lee Jay has supported many new cavers in all aspects of caving by lending, giving gear(caving, camping,lights), sponsoring caving trips, or convention trips. He was fantastic at giving guidance, knowledge, and being a shoulder to lean on. If there is one last thing I can do for Lee Jay is see that he gets the acknowledgement and fellowship he had always longed for and deserved.
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