John Loy Leachman (1890 - 1963)

Born 20 Oct 1890 in Sarepta, Calhoun County, Mississippi

Ancestors

Husband of Deloria (Luttrell) Leachman — married before 1928 (to after 19 Jul 1963) in Calhoun, Mississippi, United States

Died 19 Jul 1963 at age 72 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

John L. Leachman was born Oct 20 1890 to William F. Leachman and Catherine Jenkins Leachman. John Leachman married Deloria Luttrell Ivy and they lived in Calhoun County, Mississippi. John Leachman passed away June 17 1963 in hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. ^[1] and is bureid in Antioch Cemetery located in Calhoun County, MS.

Obituary

John Loy Leachman, 72, of Rt. 1, Banner, died at the Kennedy Veterans Hospital in Memphis about 11:00 Monday Morning, following a lengthy illness. A member of the Baptist Church, a veteran of WWI, a farmer, a director in the Bank of Bruce, a trustee of the Bruce school for many years and a member of the county school board for several years. He had been a director of the Pontotoc Electric Power Association since its organization and an ASC county committee man for 17 years. Services were held at Lantrip Baptist Church with Rev. Cap Gaston, Rev. J. V. Wilson and Rev. C. J. Purvis officiating. Burial was in Sarepta Cemetery. Cook Funeral Home of Bruce, Ms was in charge.

Mr. Leachman leaves his wife Mrs. Deloria Luttrell Leachman; two sons, Loy Wayne and Robert Earl Leachman, Bruce, a step-son Thomas D. Ivy, Lincoln Park, Mich.; three daughters, Mrs. Bobby Claunch, Ripley, TN, Mrs. Jerry Moorehead, Nashville, TN, and Miss Dianne Leachman, Banner; a brother Jack Leachman, Memphis, TN; 2 sisters, Mrs. Hollis Cain and Mrs. Fred Cain, Banner; a half sister, Mrs. Minnie Howell of Banner and five grandchildren.

Sources

1. ↑ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H6-93NC

• "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8P-N5Y : accessed 6 May 2015), John L Leachman in household of Cattie E Leachman, Beat 5, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36, sheet 14B, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,758.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3R3-GCZ : accessed 6 May 2015), John Leachman, 1917-1918; citing Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,704.

• "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNRK-ST8 : accessed 6 May 2015), John Leachman in household of Mrs. Cattie Leachman, Sarepta, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 5A, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,870.

• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGM-QGS : accessed 6 May 2015), John Leechman, Beat 3, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-10, sheet 2B, family 48, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2011.

• "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG2-WZV4 : accessed 6 May 2015), John Leachman, 1933; Burial, Sarepta, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States of America, Sarepta Cemetery; citing record ID 122107074

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H6-93NC : 26 August 2019), William Leachman in entry for John Leachman, 17 Jun 1963; Death, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville."