Mr. General Lee "Monk" Bynum, Jr, age 73 of Brooklyn, New York and formerly of Wilson, NC, died Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Wilson Medical Center in Wilson. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Thursday, December 29, 2016 from Edwards Funeral Home Chapel, 805 Nash St. E. in Wilson, NC with Reverend Charles C. Barnes of Morehead Avenue Baptist Church of Durham, NC officiating. Interment will be private. Public viewing will be on Thursday, December 29, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel.  The family will receive friends at the wake from 11 a.m. to the hour of the funeral. Condolences may be directed to edwardscares.com.  Personal and professional services are entrusted to Edwards Funeral Home, 805 Nash St. E in Wilson.