Lee Mace's Ozark Opera Museum at the Lake of the Ozarks

Lee Mace was born July 30, 1927, at Brumley to Lucian Thomas and Clare Buster Mace. He died June 16, 1985, in a plane crash in Gladstone Cove on Lake of the Ozarks near Gravois Mills. A probe into the fatal crash of his homemade, single-engine airplane, did not disclose any mechanical failure.

To the residents of the lake area who attended his funeral Thursday, Lee Mace was more than an entertainer. He also was a symbol of economic progress. Perhaps more than anyone else, Lee Mace believed strongly in the future of the Lake of the Ozarks area. He was an early investor in commercial ventures in the area shortly after the lake was built. He pushed relentlessly for progress. Many credit Mace as the driving force behind economic progress in the lake area.

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