Robert Edward Leonard
(1892-1984)
Maude Essie Shoaf
(1892-1960)
Edward Baxter Leonard
(1914-1990)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Melba Lee Beeker

Edward Baxter Leonard 1 2 3

  • Born: 11 May 1914, Tyro, Davidson, NC 3
  • Marriage (1): Melba Lee Beeker on 9 Jun 1940 in Bedford, Bedford (city), VA 1
  • Died: 30 Nov 1990, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC at age 76 3 4
  • Buried: 3 Dec 1990, Lexington: Forest Hill Memorial Park, Davidson, NC 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: LRFZ-2ST.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: News and Record: obituary of Edward Baxter Leonard on 2 Dec 1990 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. 4 Edward Baxter Leonard, 76, of 410 Idlewild Drive, died Friday at Forsyth Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church of which he was a member. Entombment will be in the Forest Hill Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum. A native of Davidson County, he was retired from Standard Oil Co. in Venezuela. Upon retirement, he worked for the Lexington City Schools. Surviving are wife Melba Beeker Leonard; sister Mrs. Gilda Greer of Lexington; brothers Venice Leonard, Cecil Leonard, both of Lexington. The family will be at Voglers-Piedmont Funeral Home 7-9 pm today. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Route 5, Box 177, Lexington, N.C. 27292.


Edward married Melba Lee Beeker, daughter of Elmo Lee Beeker and Alice Myrtle Myers, on 9 Jun 1940 in Bedford, Bedford (city), VA.1 (Melba Lee Beeker was born on 25 Aug 1922 in Tyro, Davidson, NC,2 5 died on 25 Aug 2014 in Lexington, Davidson, NC 2 5 and was buried on 28 Aug 2014 in Lexington: Forest Hill Memorial Park, Davidson, NC 2 5.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9J-DV5Q Edward Baxter Leonard m. Melba Lee Beeker 9 Jun 1940 Bedford VA.

2 Winston Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC), 27 Aug 2014, obituary of Melba Beeker Leonard.

3 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79798920.

4 Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC), 2 Dec 1990, page 34. Obituary of Edward Baxter Leonard.

5 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134913254.



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