Paris, Tenn.–Lee Farms is the newest Henry County family farm to be named to the Tennessee Century Farms program and family members couldn’t be more proud.
Located west of Paris in Henry County, Lee Farms dates back to 1914. Glenn Lee said, “We’re the 5th generation to live here and we’re proud of that. And being named a Century Farm just gives you a sense of history.” He said his wife Pam “did most of the work gathering all the history and info for our application.”
Horace Blanton Taylor and Nancy Tennessee Biles Taylor purchased 104 acres in 1914. They had two children, and the family raised corn, hogs, cattle, and horses.
Son Robert Lincoln Taylor continued this production when he became the farm’s second owner in 1935. He and his wife, Carmen Ercelle Anderson Taylor, had three children. Daughter Nancy Elizabeth Taylor Lee and her husband, Wales Carnell Lee, added soybeans and cotton after they took ownership in 1946.
Wales became Henry County’s first Farm Bureau agent in 1948, and he held that position until 1992. He was also the winner of the last Henry County Mule Day, in 1949.
Today, Wales and Nancy’s son Glenn Taylor Lee, and his wife, Pamela Faye Russell Lee, own the original 104 acres, which produces corn, wheat, soybeans, and canola.
Andy Wengerd rents the cropland, and Glenn and Pamela manage the farm. Glenn served as the county Farm Bureau agent from 1993-2017. In 1995, the Lee family was named Henry County 4-H Family of the Year. The 1946 farmhouse is still in use.
