Elgin
Leland R Pannell
1950 — 2023
Leland "Lee" Ray Pannell, 73, of Elgin, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2023. Lee was born in Austin, Texas to Harold Leland Pannell and Fay Owen Pannell. The family later moved to the Owen family farm in Bastrop County where Lee attended high school. Cremation services provided by Elgin Funeral Home. Leeundefineds life took him through several exciting and successful career paths. After high school he moved to the Port Aransas/Corpus Christi area and worked in fishing, shrimping and workboats, eventually buying and captaining a shrimp boat. He then worked in printing and newspapers, owning three small newspapers in Bastrop, Italy and Ferris, Texas along with a print shop. He then...