A FLEET of 26 mail vans join a funeral procession for a postman dad-to-be who died of cancer. Lee Woolley, 48, did the job for 24 years and worked to the end of his three-year health battle. 4 A beloved postman who worked for Royal Mail for 24 years before his death was given a fitting send off as a fleet of 26 red vans joined his funeral Credit: SWNS 4 Postie Lee Woolley, 48, passed away following a three-year battle with cancer Credit: SWNS Colleagues gave up their free time to honour him by following his hearse around his old route in Ilkeston, Derbys, one final time.
Lee was due to become a dad with wife Venessa, 40, in December. Lee's sister Sarah Leanne Hearson, 44, said he would have been "gobsmacked" at the turn out and said it was like "royalty". She said: "It was incredible, I haven't seen anything like it.
"I arrived at my brother's house and his colleagues were at the front of his house. "It was just a line of red all up the street, I couldn't believe it. "I knew there were going to be quite a few there as he was a very well liked person and well respected.
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