Mr. Jessie Lee Chaniey, Jr., age 68, of Winfield passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, in the Northwest Medical Center in Winfield, Alabama. Mr. Chaniey was born in Omaha, Nebraska on June 4, 1953 to the late Jessie Lee Chaniey, Sr. and Marcelle Hamm Chaniey. Mr. Chaniey spent much of his life working with the Alabama Power Company where he later retired. He loved to crappie fish and was known to many as the “Crappie King. Jessie enjoyed playing basketball, softball, woodworking, gardening, working in his flower beds and was a huge Auburn football fan. Mr. Chaniey was a very caring person, he loved people and was a caretaker to a special friend.

Mr. Chaniey is survived by his wife, Debra Swanigan Chaniey, his sons, Kevin Chaniey and Jessie Lee Chaniey, III, “Three”, grandchildren, Malik, Malia, Dawson, Kaliah, and Miracle, brother, Terry Lee of Omaha, NE, sisters, Connie Lee of Flint, MI, Denise Lee, and Celistene Lee both of Gary, IN.

Mr. Chaniey was preceded in death by his parents, and his grandmother/godmother Mittie “Sweetie” Hamm.

A Celebration of life services for Mr. Chaniey will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the West Alabama Memorial Gardens in Gu-Win. Rev. Floyd Rogers will be the officiating minister. The visitation for Jessie will be held on Saturday from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. service time at the funeral home. The repast for the family will be held immediately following the service from the Miles Memorial Reception Hall at; 851 State Hwy 253 Winfield, AL 35594.

Bowen Funeral Home serving the Chaniey family.