JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This Black History Month, Jacksonville says goodbye to one of its own who brought home a list of accomplishments many dream of.
Body builder and entrepreneur Lee Banks competed nationally and internationally as a pro body builder.
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In 2010, he won the North American Championship’s Heavyweight Division and Overall.
He placed top 10 in 2017 at the Olympia along with many other top placements as an all-natural fitness competitor all over the world.
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Lee owned a fitness studio and two child care centers with his former wife.
Banks died earlier this month of cancer. He was 51 years old.
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His funeral is this Thursday at 11 a.m. at Impact Church, located at 9501 Arlington Expy, Suite 245 in Jacksonville.
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