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Alice Lee, acclaimed lawyer and sister of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee, dies at 103

MONROEVILLE, Alabama -- Alice Lee, sister of "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee and trailblazing Alabama lawyer, died on Tuesday at the age of 103.

Johnson Funeral Home and Monuments in Monroeville posted an online notice of her death, which happened on Monday. The funeral home did not say how Alice Lee died. As of Tuesday morning, funeral arrangements had not been completed.

Alice Lee was born on Sept. 11, 1911 and grew up in Monroeville.

As Harper Lee's attorney, Alice Lee was well-known as the gatekeeper for her reclusive sister. She was also celebrated as a trailblazer, one of the few women who practiced law in Alabama before World War II, and a church leader.

In 1992, the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church started awarding the annual Alice Lee Award to women who showed commitment to God while breaking barriers for women through leadership. Named in her honor, she was the first recipient of the award.

In 2012, at the age of 100, she was the oldest attorney still practicing law in Alabama.

"I would consider I've had a good life," she told the Press-Register in 2011. "A good life to me is one that has been happy, one that has been productive. Things I have done have been good for other people. I've tried to be a good citizen in my community."

Monroe County Probate Judge Greg Norris knew Alice Lee all his life. He said she handled the cases of many people he knew and later, after he was elected judge, he worked with her in the courtroom.

"She was wonderful, very bright," he said. "She had a good sense of humor and she was always willing to teach me.

"She lived her life where everybody could see her."

She stopped practicing law after she turned 100, according to Mark Childress, an author and acquaintance of Alice Lee's.

On Tuesday, he took to social media to share his memories. He met Alice Lee as a child while she was working on a case for his father.

"She told me she modeled her career on that of her father, Mr. Amasa Coleman Lee, who was of course the model of Atticus Finch," he wrote. "I don't think there's any reason to feel sad about the end of a life so richly and completely lived."