By Adam Dutton via SWNS A beloved postman who worked for Royal Mail for 24 years before his death was given a fitting send-off as a fleet of red vans joined his funeral. Colleagues drove 26 mail vans on Lee Woolley’s old postal route before his funeral in Bramcote, Notts. The 48-year-old, who was due to become a father to a baby girl this December, died of cancer on July 2.
The much-loved postie’s funeral was held on Thursday (August 1), and his pals followed his hearse around his route in Ilkeston, Derbys., one final time. Posties wearing their distinctive red uniforms lined up in formation outside the Bramcote Crematorium to form a guard of honor for Lee's coffin.
Lee lost a three-year battle with cancer after initially being diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2021 before it spread to his liver. Beloved postie Lee Woolley, 48, who has passed away following a three-year battle with cancer. (Courtesy Sarah Leanne Hearson via SWNS) He leaves behind his wife Venessa, 40, and their unborn baby Emma who is due in December after being conceived through IVF.
Lee's sister Sarah Leanne Hearson, 44, said he would have been "gobsmacked" at the turnout 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 .