Lloyd Kenneth Leslie

Male 1925 - 2014  (88 years)


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  • Name Lloyd Kenneth Leslie 
    Born 12 Dec 1925  Stonewall, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Mar 2014  Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 23 Mar 2014  Blanket Cemetery - Blanket, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I820  Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2020 

    Family Zelma Lois Crow,   b. 16 May 1927, Duster, Comanche County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 2018, Early, Brown County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 9 Feb 1946 
    Children 
    +1. W.K. Leslie
    +2. J.D. Leslie
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Dec 1925 - Stonewall, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Mar 2014 - Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 23 Mar 2014 - Blanket Cemetery - Blanket, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
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    Zelma Lois Crow Leslie and Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Zelma Lois Crow Leslie and Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Zelma Lois Crow Leslie and Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Zelma Lois Crow Leslie and Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Lloyd Kenneth Leslie and Zelma Lois Crow Leslie
    Lloyd Kenneth Leslie and Zelma Lois Crow Leslie
    Lloyd Kenneth Leslie and Zelma Lois Crow Leslie
    Lloyd Kenneth Leslie and Zelma Lois Crow Leslie
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    Documents
    U.S. World War II Draft Card - Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    U.S. World War II Draft Card - Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Name: Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Gender: Male
    Race: White
    Age: 20
    Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
    Birth Date: 12 Dec 1925
    Birth Place: Stonewall, Oklahoma, USA
    Residence Place: Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, USA
    Registration Date: 8 Jan 1946
    Registration Place: Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, USA
    Employer: Student Disc Veteran
    Weight: 125 lbs.
    Complexion: Ruddy
    Eye Color: Brown
    Hair Color: Brown
    Height: 5' 7"
    Next of Kin: Paul Conklin

    Headstones
    Headstone of Lloyd Kenneth Leslie and Zelma Lois Crow Leslie
    Headstone of Lloyd Kenneth Leslie and Zelma Lois Crow Leslie
    Blanket Cemetery - Blanket, Texas, USA
    Footstone of Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Footstone of Lloyd Kenneth Leslie
    Blanket Cemetery - Blanket, Texas, USA

  • Notes 
    • Obituary:

      Lloyd Kenneth Leslie passed from this life after a lengthy illness on Thursday, March 20, 2014 while residing at a local care center. He was blessed to have his wife and several family members at his side. Services are scheduled at the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel for Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 3:00 PM. Interment will be in the Blanket Cemetery. The family will be available prior to the service for visitation from 2:00 until 3:00.

      Lloyd was born on December 12, 1925 in Stonewall, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma to Robert E. and Veda Davidson Leslie. His mother would die of pneumonia when he was 18 months old and he and his older sister, Beatrice, would be raised by their father until Lloyd's age 14 when his father would remarry. Lloyd would join and work with the CC Camps until he was old enough to enter the Navy where he spent over two years during WWII.

      Upon his Honorable Discharge from the Navy he would return to his native Oklahoma and reunite with his childhood sweetheart, Zelma Crow. They would marry in 1946; have their first son, Wendyl in 1947 and their second son, Jerry, in 1948. Lloyd would support his family as a very hard-working, street-smart, industrious and staunchly independent husband and father. He had a talent for turning his hand to many crafts and trades early in his life and was soon recognized by business owners as a trustworthy and dependable manager.

      He would establish a retail milk and dairy delivery business in Ada, Oklahoma, which would grow and become a profitable enterprise employing several men. He would spend about 20 years building this and two other milk and dairy delivery businesses in Duncan and McAlester, Oklahoma.

      Retiring from this industry he and Zelma would purchase and operate a very successful Sonic Drive-In in Garland, Texas for several years. From the proceeds of this business success they would move to Wilson, Oklahoma, buy a 40-acre plot of rich ground, build a new home and raise cattle and pigs for several years. They would then retire to Ardmore, Oklahoma for a period of time. With the arrival of several grandchildren who lived in Texas they moved to Utopia, Texas, and then got even closer to grandchildren and great-grandchildren by a move to Boerne, Texas. In 2005 they would move to Brownwood.

      Lloyd and Zelma were always involved in churches of Christ wherever they lived. Most recently they were members at the 4th and Stewart Church of Christ in Brownwood.

      He is survived by his wife, Zelma of Brownwood; two sons, Wendyl Leslie and wife Carolyn, of Boerne, Jerry Leslie and wife Janet of Brownwood; grandchildren, Keith and Pam Leslie, Dustin and Sarah Leslie, Brooke and Curtis Anderson, Jeff and Tiffany Leslie, and Jennifer and Andy Chen; and 18 great-grandchildren.

      Memorials may be sent to The Cherokee Home for Children, PO Box 295, Cherokee, 76832.
      Condolences can be offered to the family at www.heartlandfuneralhome.net.

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