By Jacob Bembry
Greene Publishing, Inc.
A Lee man died after running into two trees on Saturday, Feb. 19, on Baker Avenue, approximately one-third of a mile north of Dale Leslie Drive.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, Steven Alan Harrelson, 50, was traveling south on Baker Avenue. Due to a possible medical condition suffered by Harrelson, he traveled onto the west shoulder of Baker Avenue and collided into two trees with the front bumper of his 2003 Chevy Silverado.
The trooper reported that the crash consisted of a low speed collision with two trees.
Harrelson was pronounced dead at Madison County Memorial Hospital.
FHP Trooper Gus Smyrnios was the crash investigator. FHP Cpl. Terrance M. Chukes was the homicide investigator.
Harrelson was born November 21, 1960, in Hollywood. He had lived in Madison for the past 21 years. He was a Methodist.
A memorial service was held Thursday, February 24, 2011, at Lee Methodist Church at 2 p.m.
He is survived by his wife, Leisa M. Harrelson of Lee; two sons, Steven Harrelson, Jr. and Jacob Harrelson, of Lee; two daughters, Stephanie Harrelson and Samantha Harrelson, of Lee; one brother, Billy Harrelson, of Lee; and a sister, Diane Thompson, also of Lee.
