Editing Chet Lemon (section)

==Personal life and health issues==
Lemon was married to Valerie Jones. They had four children, Geneva (born c. 1972), Chester Jr. (born c. 1977), David (born 1981), and Marcus (born 1988).<ref name=roar/> David and Marcus both followed their father into baseball.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lemon high on potential of his son|newspaper=The Lake Sentinel|date=July 19, 1998|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17584616/lemon_high_on_potential_of_his_son/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="BRMa" />  Marcus played minor league baseball from 2006 to 2017.<ref name="BRMa">{{cite web|title=Marcus Lemon|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=February 19, 2018|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=lemon-001mar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/failed-rangers-draft-choice-la.html |title=Failed Rangers' draft choice lands with Detroit |work=Dallas Morning News |first=Gerry |last=Fraley |authorlink=Gerry Fraley |access-date=March 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302172829/http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/failed-rangers-draft-choice-la.html |archive-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref>

Lemon was divorced from his first wife in 1990.<ref name=DFP91a>{{cite news|title=Lemon centers on improvement|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=March 2, 1991|page=4B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17592626/lemon_centers_on_improvement/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>  He married Gigi Partee in the early 1990s. They had a daughter, Brianna, born in 1998.<ref name=Lake>{{cite news|title=All Star coaches next generation|newspaper=The Lake Sentinel|date=July 19, 1998|pages=1, 14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17584593/all_star_coaches_next_generation/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Lemon became a member of the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] while playing in the minor leagues in the 1970s. He was introduced to the religion by [[Jerry Hairston Sr.]] while they were teammates in the [[Chicago White Sox]] organization. Due to his religious faith, Lemon declined to stand for "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", a point for which he was sometimes criticized.<ref name=raps/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Remember: Ex-Tigers Whitaker, Lemon didn't stand for anthem, either|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/08/29/lou-whitaker-chet-lemon-anthem/89530302/|publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]]|first=Brian|last=Manzullo|date=August 29, 2016|access-date=January 19, 2018}}</ref> In a 1987 interview, Lemon explained:

<blockquote>I believe in God's kingdom. I acknowledge God's kingdom over earth. I give my allegiance to him and not to the flag. I am grateful to be in the United States, grateful to be able to live in the U.S. and have the opportunity to have my beliefs and go door to door to share them. But the national anthem is a ritual. You have to think about what's being said – rockets' red glare, bombs bursting in air? We do not believe in nor do we salute war.<ref name=raps/></blockquote>

In 1993, Lemon established the Chet Lemon Baseball School in [[Lake Mary, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Tiger Lemon's in swing of things|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=January 31, 1993|page=2E|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17584640/extiger_lemons_in_swing_of_things/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name=Lake/> He coached two successful [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] teams, Chet Lemon's Juice (18 and under) and Chet Lemon's Juice II (14 and under) in [[Eustis, Florida]]. Several players who played on those teams eventually became MLB players, most notably with [[Zack Greinke]] and [[Prince Fielder]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chetlemonsjuice.com/alumni.html | title=Alumni }}</ref> He was also the head coach for [[Eustis High School]], where he led the Panthers to the 2003 state championship.<ref>{{cite news|title=Triumphing over death every day: Nearly killed by rare blood disease, former All-Star Chet Lemon has bounced back to coach Eustis to state title|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=July 9, 2003|pages=1C, 8C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17597057/triumphing_over_death_every_day_nearly/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In August 2024, ahead of the Detroit Tigers 40th Anniversary World Series Championship reunion in Detroit, Lemon's family revealed that [[polycythemia vera]], a rare blood disorder, had led to a series of strokes, which left him unable to speak or walk.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seidel |first=Jeff |title=Tigers' Chet Lemon can't walk or talk, but family hopes Detroit trip could spark something |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/jeff-seidel/2024/08/29/chet-lemon-detroit-tigers-1984-team/74851096007/ |access-date=August 29, 2024 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

Lemon died on May 8, 2025, at age 70 at his home in [[Apopka, Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Tigers outfielder Chet Lemon dies at age 70|newspaper=The Detroit News|date=May 8, 2025|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/media/photo/2025/05/08/former-detroit-tigers-outfielder-chet-lemon-dies-at-age-70/83514531007/}}</ref><ref>[https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/05/08/chet-lemon-death-age-tigers-1984/83513931007/ Chet Lemon, 1984 Detroit Tigers hero, dies at age 70]</ref>