Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-27
GEORGE |. [EGGETT
PASSES IN DURHAM
Manager of Henderson De-
nariment Store Dies of
Auto Injuries

Suffering a relapse after showing
a..t.rtoiy Improvement from auto
,u.. .riulics suffered q month ago,
r.,..., r.. icggctt, SO, manager of the
,.,., DEPARTMENT store in Hender-
ltcd at 80 o'clock Tuesday even
irr M .Hc home of his mother, Mrs.
r rcg4ctt. at 9OS Vickers avenue,
Dmham.
W. Icggett was injured when he
... control of his car and it over
.,,,,ol ON the OXfOrd-Durham high
,,.o, q few miles out of Durham as
- v.os on his way there one Sunday
.ro,noon to visit his mother E1e was
totor tO Watts hospital in Durham
u.here he remained for several weeks,
and ,hcn was removed to the home Of
his mother.
r1a had sufficiently recovered to be
obro to ride about Durham at times
and last week was driven over to Hen
dorson for a short time for a brief
stav M the Leggett store here. Last
Monday he suffered a heart attack,
and became critically i'll. Specialists
wore called to attend him, but little
honc for his recovery was held out
by ;hem.
While news of his sudden turn for
the worse had been received here, his
sudden passing Tuesday evening came
os n distinct shock to this community,
whore he was widely known and uni
ycrsally steemed.
number of intimate friends here
have visited the home in Durham
since his death. and individuals and
members Of organizations with which
re was affiliated will attend the fun
cral In Durham Thursday.
Mr.. Lcggett was born and reared in
Arson county, receiving his early
education in the schools of Wades.
boro. He attended North Carolina
Stato College, the University of North
Carolina and Duke University, and
later entered the mercantile business.
He came to Henderson some seven
4oqrs ago as manager of the Leggett
store here shortly after it was open
ga He was one of the owners, with
his four brothers, Of the Leggett chain
of department stores in North Care
lima and Virginia, which are affiliated
with the Rclk interests centering in
Charlotte.
he was never married, and surviv-
ing are his mother Mrs. A. L. Leg
aett. Of Durham: two sisters. Mrs.
A. F. Taylor. of Charlotte, and Mrs.
T. A. Grant, Of Staunton, Va; and
tom brothers, w. A. Leggett, of Dur
gett Of Durham; F. B. Leggett, Dan
Vile, Va; r. A. Lcggett, South Bos-
ton. Va. and II G. Leggett, Lynch
burg, Va.
Mr. Leggett was very active in
many religious and civic interests IN
Henderson. He had been a member
or the Niwanis club almost since he
had moved here and was a member of
the board of directors and had held
a numter Of important committee as
signments. He had for several years
been a member and a steward in the
First Methodist church.
Funeral services will be held at the
First Presbyterian church in Durham
at 8 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and
burial will follow in the new annex of
Mapewood cemetery.
In charge of the funeral will be
Rev. r. f. Brown, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Henderson, in
which the deceased was prominent
member and official, and assisting
will be Rev. James A. Jones, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Henderson.
Active pallbearers were announced
today as follows: Robert M. Falkner,
Sol Hayes, Fred S. Register, H. M.
Robinson, j. W. Beck, S. H. Watkins,
Il. H. Nixon, T. B. Rose, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be all
the managers of the stores in the
Lcggett chain.
It was planned today that all men,