Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery of the cemetery. This sign dates back to 1860 and once marked the entrance to the cemetery. The most notable of all people interred at LSHC is Thomas Coleman Younger, better known as Cole Younger. Younger was born in Lee’s Summit in 1844 and killed his first man during a border skirmish serving as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He was 21 when the Civil War ended in 1865, and he returned home to join his ailing mother and three brothers. Cole and his brothers, Jim, John, and Bob, all joined the James Gang and lived the lives
Jim Cole (American football) Jim Cole (American football) Jim Cole (born October 26, 1952) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Alma College from 1991 to 2012, compiling a record of 113–91. Cole played quarterback at the Alma College in Alma, Michigan. He was named all-conference and all-district quarterback for the Scots. Cole was a graduate assistant at Central Michigan University during the Chippewas' national championship season in 1974. He also spent time coaching as an assistant at Alma and as a head coach in the high school ranks. Cole was the head football coach