Menervia (Burke) Leach (1882 - 1955)

Born 15 Apr 1882 in Tennessee, United States of America

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1955 at age 73 in LaFollette, Campbell County, Tennessee, United States of America

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Biography

Mellie married William Luther Leach about 1899^[1] and the couple had the following known children:

1. Rosco Leach was born in May 1900 in Campbell County, Tennessee.^[1]
2. Emmitt L. Leach was born about 1907 in Tennessee.^[2] He died 10 Apr 1973 and is buried in Ellison-McClain Cemetery, Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee.^[3]
3. Dortha Leach was born about 1909 in Tennessee.^[2]
4. Roy Leach was born about 1913 in Tennessee.^[4]
5. Bessie Leach was born in Tennessee about 1915.^[4]
6. Carl Leach was born in Tennessee about 1917.^[4]
7. Harrison Leach was born in Tennessee about 1920.^[4][5]
8. Charlie Leach was born in Tennessee about 1924.^[4]
9. Shirley Leach was born in Tennessee about 1926.^[4][5]

Mrs. Mellie Leach, 73, Passed Away Saturday

Mrs. Mellie Skaggs Leach, 73, passed away last Saturday afternoon at her home on Indiana Avenue. Survivors are: three daughters, Mrs. Hugh Cusick and Mrs. Bill Ellison of Lafollette and MRs. John Pearce4 of Speedwell; five sons, Emmett, Roy, Carl and Charlie of Lafollette, and Harrison of Indianapolis; one sister, Miss Summer Leach of Emily, Kentucky; and one brother, Rich Burke of Speedwell. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:00pm at the Avenue Baptist Church, Rev. Earnest Goins officiating. Burial in Ellison Cemetery at Speedwell. Mars of Lafollette in charge.^[6]

Mellie died 17 Dec 1955 in LaFolette, Tennessee^[7] and is buried in Ellison-McClain Cemetery, Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee.^{[6] [8]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZY-GJD : accessed 17 October 2017), Millie Leach in household of George Dockery, Civil Districts 6-7, Campbell, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 10A, family 171, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,559.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} US Federal Census. 27 Apr 1910, Campbell County, TN.
3. ↑ Obituary of Emmitt L. Leach. The Lafollette Press. 12 Apr 1973.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} US Federal Census. 21 Apr 1930, Campbell County, TN
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K44H-93T : accessed 3 September 2018), Harrison Leach in household of Millie Leach, La Follette, Civil District 1, Campbell, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-1, sheet 1B, line 48, family 11, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3876.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The Lafollette Press. 22 Dec 1955.
7. ↑ TN Death Certificate of Mellie Burke Leach.
8. ↑ Tombstone.

• US Federal Census - 21 Apr 1930, Campbell County, TN.
• Death Certificiate of spouse, Luther Leach.