Faith, family, and health first
Proactive Health & Prevention
For nearly 40 years, Lee’s has been the family pharmacy that treats every patient by name — not by number. From prescription refills to medication reviews, we make sure you fully understand your treatment and feel confident in every step of your health journey.
Your wellness shouldn’t start after diagnosis. We offer blood pressure and glucose screenings, lifestyle education, and guidance on reducing medication dependency through nutrition and holistic practices — because prevention is powerful.
Dr. Sylvester J. Lee, RPh
Sylvester Jerome Lee is native of Conyers, GA, where he was raised by his
loving parents Genoulia and Willie Melvin Lee. During the first year of desegregation, he played an instrumental role in the integration of Rockdale County Public Schools in 1965. The “freedom of choice” plan allowed Rockdale’s black students to attend the white-only school system where he transitioned from the all-black J.P. Carr School to Main Street Elementary School. This was a process that was necessary to create equal education opportunities in the state of Georgia and the United States. As was expected, he had challenges, but he never saw himself as being different from his classmates. He was a serious student focused on achieving his goals. He excelled academically and
was the president of his class. After graduating from Rockdale County High School, Sylvester attended Duke University and later transferred to The University of Georgia where he graduated from the School of Pharmacy in 1978.
While attending pharmacy school, a professor said in one of his classes that
independent pharmacies were being overtaken by larger pharmacy chains. At the time, the professor strongly recommended that students should pursue careers with larger chains because he believed that independent pharmacies would simply not survive. After graduating, Lee was hired at a major chain pharmacy, Treasury Drugs, but he did not lose his ingrained desire to be an independent pharmacist and business owner. His entrepreneurial spirit came from both his father, Willie Melvin Lee, who owned Triple L’s Barbershop in Conyers, GA and his mother, Genoulia Lee, who owned Genoulia’s Beauty Salon.
For 7 years he worked at Treasury Drugs managing the entire store and the
pharmacy. This experience prepared him to step out on faith and start Forward West Professional Pharmacy located at 2600 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA in 1985. Contrary to what the professor said in pharmacy school, with hard work and determination he has been able to become an independent pharmacy owner. For over 38 years, Dr. Lee served the community of Atlanta at the Forward West location with the upmost level of professionalism and a sincere compassion for his patients. Throughout his career, he watched as major pharmacy chains moved out of minority communities, merged with other chains, and some completely dissolved altogether. His faith in God proved that if you are willing to put in the hard work and keep God first in all that you do, you can survive the tests of time.
Sylvester is married to Jacques Lee, the retired Senior Vice President of Citizen’s
Trust Bank. They have four children, Sylvester Jerome Lee II, Sheneal Jacques Tripp, Santoine Jeraldo Lee, and Stedman Jermaine Lee, three children-in-love, Grady Devan Tripp, Tamika Lee, and Itia Lee, six grandchildren, Sylvester III, Savannah, Sarah, Grady II, Shealee, and Santoine II.
He is a member of The Word of Truth Christian Center where Apostle Leon
Hollinshed,Th.D is the pastor. Dr. Lee did not just listen to the sermons and the Word but strived to be an example for others. Matthew 6:33 “…Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Things have not always been easy, but he knows that the Lord will make a way out of no way. God has brought him through time and time again. Romans 8:31 “…If God is for us, who can be against us?” God said he would never leave you or forsake you. We must learn to have faith in God.
Dr. Stedman Lee,
PharmD
Dr. Stedman Jermaine Lee is a Registered Pharmacist who was born in Atlanta and raised in Conyers, GA. He is the youngest of four siblings, Sylvester II (Jerome), Sheneal, and Santoine born to the parents Sylvester and Jacques Lee. He graduated with honors from Heritage High School where he served as Class President, Prom and Homecoming King. He received Rockdale County’s Board of Education Distinction Award for maintaining 13 Consecutive Years of Perfect Attendance throughout his entire schooling career, demonstrating his innate determination to obtain any goals that he sets for himself.
Lee obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy Degree with Magna Cum Laude Honors from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. While attending Florida A&M, he served as Mr. Honors Student Association and Vice President 2008-2009, Royal Court Recruitment Ambassador Escort 2009-2010, and Mr. College of Pharmacy 2011-2012. He was inducted into the Gamma Zeta Chapter of Rho Chi Pharmacy Honors Society, who recognized him for academically maintaining a GPA within the top 10% of his graduating pharmacy class. He is also a member of the Delta Iota Chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity Incorporated where he served as Chaplain, Historian, and Chair of the Annual Men’s Health Day Seminar.
Lee grew up singing and worshipping in church at The Word of Truth Christian Center in Decatur, GA. While in school at FAMU, he continued singing and serving at Family Worship and Praise Center. He currently sings on the praise team at Refuge Community Church in Austell, GA.
Dr. Lee’s mission is to bring awareness to the health disparities that plague the African-American community by educating patients on diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, holistic and naturopathic alternatives, and lifestyle modifications that can assist them in coming off their medications all together. Dr. Lee truly understands the meaning of the phrase “to whom much is given, much is required” and lives by his favorite scripture PSALMS 27:1 “The LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?” With Stedman J. Lee, PharmD his relentless faith and his soul being firmly anchored in the Lord, Dr. Lee knows that only the sky is the limit to the boundless opportunities that God has in store for his life.
