In Memory Of...1

John L. Richardson Leake Sr. & Victoria Rice Crawford-Leake

IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR DECEASED

BEYOND LIFE'S GATEWAY

THERE IS AN OPEN GATE AT THE END OF THE ROAD THROUGH WHICH EACH MUST GO ALONE, AND THERE IS A LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE BUT THE FATHER CLAIMS IT AS HIS OWN.

BEYOND THIS GATE OUR LOVED ONES FIND HAPPINESS AT REST AND THERE IS COMFORT IN THE THOUGHT THAT A LOVING GOD KNOWS BEST.

MAY THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON CONTINUE TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE RICH HISTORY OF THE LEAKE FAMILY.

SHOULD THERE BE NAMES WHOM WE HAVE OMITTED INADVERTENTLY, WITH LOVE AND ADMIRATION WE REVERE THOSE DEEPLY WITHIN OUR MEMORY AND FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS.

"If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my
appointed time will I wait, till my change come."
Job 14:14

Enon Springs M.B. Church
Hernando, Mississippi

Enon Springs M.B. Church

In Memory of the Leake - Richardson - Carpenter - Miller - Freeman - Rice - Crawford - Smith - Lane - Nesbit - White Families

John L. Richardson Leake Sr. (2nd Generation)

John L. Richardson Leake Sr. was born March 19, 1869 and died May 27, 1937. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Gillie Carpenter-Leake

Gillie Carpenter-Leake was born October 28, 1870 and died October 28, 1902. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Gillie was the 1st wife of John L. Richardson Leake Sr.)

Cora Freeman-Leake

Cora Freeman-Leake was born February 12, 1878 and died November 3, 1908. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Cora was the 3rd wife of John L. Richardson Leake Sr.)

Victoria Rice Crawford-Leake

Victoria Rice Crawford-Leake was born August 4, 1886 and died March 10, 1989. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Victoria was the 4th wife of John L. Richardson Leake Sr.)

William (Bud) Richardson (2nd Generation)

William (Bud) Richardson was born March 10, 1876 and died January 15, 1911. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (William was the brother of John L. Richardson Leake Sr.)

William (Bud) Richardson (1876-1911) (Death Certificate)

Isaiah (Munch) Richardson (2nd Generation)

Isaiah (Munch) Richardson was born May 10, 1881 and died March 21, 1948. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Isaiah was the brother of John L. Richardson Leake Sr.)

Lillie Freeman Richardson-Williford

Lillie Freeman Richardson-Williford was born May 19, 1892 and died October 2, 1990. She is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Lillie was the wife of Isaiah (Munch) Richardson)

Lena Richardson-Nesbit (2nd Generation)

Lena Richardson-Nesbit was born in August 1883 and died in 1943. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Lena was the sister of John L. Richardson Leake Sr.)

Rev. Jerry R. Nesbit

Rev. Jerry R. Nesbit was born March 10, 1881 and died October 20, 1963. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Jerry was the husband of Lena Richardson-Nesbit)

Louella (Dink) Richardson White-Mathews (2nd Generation)

Louella (Dink) Richardson White-Mathews was born December 28, 1887 and died July 23, 1963. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Louella was the sister of John L. Richardson Leake Sr.)

Handy Carpenter Sr. (Death Certificate)

Handy Carpenter Sr. was born August 12, 1869 and died May 9, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is buried in Knights Chapel Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Handy Sr. was the brother of Gillie Carpenter-Leake.

Josephine Cobb-Carpenter (Death Certificate)

Josephine Cobb-Carpenter was born in 1877 and died July 24, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee. She is buried in Knights Chapel Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Josephine was the 2nd wife of Handy Carpenter Sr.)

Henry Carpenter Sr.

Henry Carpenter Sr. was born in March 1885 and died in 1959. He is buried in New Bethel Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Henry Sr. was the brother of Gillie Carpenter-Leake.)

Pearl Wright-Carpenter

Pearl Wright-Carpenter was born in 1894 and died in 1954. She is buried in New Bethel Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Pearl was the wife of Henry Carpenter Sr.)

Dennis Carpenter (Death Certificate)

Dennis Carpenter was born June 15, 1893 and died February 4, 1929 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is buried in Hernando, Mississippi. (Dennis was the brother of Gillie Carpenter-Leake)

Joseph (Joe) Freeman Sr.

Joseph (Joe) Freeman Sr. was born in August 1854 and died in 1937. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Joseph Sr. was the father of Cora Freeman-Leake, Lillie Freeman-Richardson and Mary Freeman-Cobb.)

Caroline Fletcher-Freeman

Caroline Fletcher-Freeman was born in March 1850 and died in 1927. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Caroline was the mother of Cora Freeman-Leake, Lillie Freeman-Richardson and Mary Freeman-Cobb.)

Joseph (Joe) Freeman Jr. (Death Certificate)

Joseph (Joe) Freeman Jr. was born October 1879 and died July 12, 1941. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Dan Freeman

Dan Freeman was born January 18, 1881 and died January 15, 1901. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Dan was the son of Joseph  Freeman Sr. & Caroline Fletcher-Freeman.)

John Freeman

John Freeman was born May 6, 1885 and died November 25, 1900. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (John was the son of Joseph (Joe) Freeman Sr. & Caroline Fletcher-Freeman)

Robert Freeman Sr.

Robert Freeman Sr. was born June 6, 1897 and died November 12, 1983. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Robert Sr. was the son of Joseph (Joe) Freeman Sr. and Caroline Fletcher-Freeman.)

Mattie Kearney (1904-1972)

Mattie Kearney was born in 1904 and died in 1972. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. Mattie was the mother of Robert Freeman Jr.

Robert Freeman Jr.

Robert Freeman Jr. was born June 7, 1919 and died March 1995. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Robert Jr. was the son of Robert Freeman Sr. and Mattie Kearney.)

Texanna Tuggle-Freeman

Texanna Tuggle-Freeman was born April 25, 1921 and died January 25, 2002. She is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Texanna was the wife of Robert Freeman Jr. She was the daughter of Eddie Lee Tuggle and Gertrude Maxwell-Tuggle.)

James Eugene Leake (3rd Generation)

James Eugene Leake was born in September 1896 and died September 17, 1922. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Hayward Leake Sr. (3rd Generation)

Hayward Leake Sr. was born December 25, 1897 and died May 8, 1983. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Bessie Ann Holloway-Leake

Bessie Ann Holloway-Leake was born February 19, 1903 and died October 2, 1991. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (She was the wife of Haywood Leake.)

Gertrude (NaNa) Wilborn-Holloway

Gertrude (NaNa) Wilborn-Holloway was born in 1881 and died in 1964. (Gertrude was the daughter of Kenneth and Emiline Hickenbothem Wilborn and the mother of Bessie Holloway-Leake.)

William (Will) Miller Jr.

William (Will) Miller Jr. was born December 29, 1881 and died in 1958. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Robert Miller

Robert Miller was born February 13, 1895 and died August 5, 1994. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Robert was the father of Robbie Millier-Leake and the nephew of Rebecca Cedely Miller-Leake).

Willie Mae Miller

Willie Mae Massey-Miller was born July 15, 1900 and died May 9 1980. She is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Willie Mae was the mother of Robbie Millie-Leake).

Massey Miller

Massey Miller was born September 1, 1931 and died May 1, 2002. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Fannie Carpenter (Death Certificate)

Fannie Carpenter was born in 1911 and died January 9, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee. She is buried in Hernando, Mississippi. (Fannie was the daughter of Lewis Carpenter and Clara Gillum-Carpenter).

Charles Leake (3rd Generation)

Charles Leake was born September 29, 1914 and died September 10, 1995. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Winston Freeman Leake (3rd Generation)

Winston Freeman Leake was born February 27, 1922 and died October 26, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

William (Bill) Brady Richardson Sr. (3rd Generation)

William (Bill) Brady Richardson Sr. was born November 12, 1911 and died August 30, 1998. He is buried in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Germantown, Tennessee.

Lucy Richardson-Crawford (3rd Generation)

Lucy Richardson-Crawford was born February 25, 1918 and died August 28, 2003. She is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Edna Mae Crawford

Edna Mae Crawford was born August 21, 1907 and died July 27, 1986. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Reuben Crawford Sr.

Reuben Crawford Sr. was born October 5, 1909 and died September 22, 1989. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Anna Carpenter (Death Certificate)

Anna Carpenter was born September 1896 and died July 8, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee. She is buried in Hernando, Mississippi. (Anna was the daughter of Handy Carpenter Sr.)

Handy Carpenter Jr. (Death Certificate)

Handy Carpenter Jr. was born October 1897 and died August 29, 1929 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is buried in Hernando, Mississippi. (Handy Jr. was the son of Handy Carpenter Sr.)

Phil Carpenter (Death Certificate)

Phil Carpenter was born November 23, 1900 and died November 27, 1926 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is buried in Hernando, Mississippi. (Phil was the son of Handy Carpenter Sr.)

Vincent Smith

Vincent Smith was born August 22, 1914 and died February 21, 2004. He is buried in Rolling Hills Memorial Park in Richmond, California. (Vincent was the son of Mack Jr. and Della (Lovey) Carpenter-Smith.)

Haywood Carpenter Sr.

Haywood Carpenter Sr. was born March 15, 1923 and died November 14, 2006. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. (Haywood Sr. was the son of Henry Carpenter Sr. and Pearl Wright-Carpenter).

Henry Carpenter Jr.

Henry Carpenter Jr. was born July 14, 1925 and died July 5, 1997. He died is buried in New Bethel Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Henry Jr. was the son of Henry Carpenter Sr. and Pearl Wright-Carpenter).

Willie Carpenter

Willie Carpenter was born January 4, 1929 and died October 2, 2003. He is buried in New Bethel Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Willie was the son of Henry Carpenter Sr. and Pearl Wright-Carpenter).

(Baby Girl) Carpenter (Death Certificant)

(Baby Girl) Carpenter was born April 13, 1927 and died April 13, 1927 in Memphis, Tennessee. ( She was the daughter of Jessie Carpenter and Jennie Smith-Carpenter).

Haywood Carpenter Jr. (Death Certificate)

Haywood Carpenter Jr. was born April 3, 1927 and died May 10, 1927 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is buried in Ford Cemetery. (Haywood Jr. was the son of Haywood Carpenter Sr. & Zelia Blocker-Carpenter and the grandson of Handy Carpenter Sr.)

(Baby Girl) Carpenter (Death Certificate)

(Baby Girl) Carpenter was born February 5, 1951 and died February 5, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee. (She was the daughter of Haywood Carpenter Sr. and Lorine Archer-Carpenter).

Tom Lane

Tom Lane was born November 4, 1896 and died September 6, 1967. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. Tom was the son of Simeon (Simmie) Lane Sr. & Rebecca (Reba) Lane.

Oscar (Buddy) Leake Sr. (4th Generation)

Oscar (Buddy) Leake Sr. was born September 13, 1915 and died June 4, 2001. He is buried in New Park Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. (Buddy was the son of John L. Jr. and Estelle Reese Leake.)

Samuel Alexander Collins Sr. (4th Generation)

Samuel Alexander Collins Sr. was born October 16, 1912 and died March 4, 1992. He is buried in Inglewood P(ark Cemetery in Inglewood, California. (Samuel was the son of  George  and Lucy Leake-Collins.)

Byirdia Fizer-Collins

Byirdia Fizer-Collins was born March 9, 1914 and died May 6, 2002. She is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. Byirdia was the wife of Samuel Alexander Collins Sr.

John Green West

John Green West was born in 1922 and died in 1942. He is buried in Enon Springs Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (John was the son of  Booker T. and Fannie Leake-West.)

James Henry (Snook) Leake (4th Generation)

James Henry (Snook) Leake was born December 6, 1920 and died January 1, 1977. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Amy Newsom-Leake

Amy Newsom-Leake was born January 6, 1922 and died December 4, 2002. She is buried in Bethlehem Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (She was the wife of James Henry Leake.)

Grady (Bud) Leake (4th Generation)

Grady (Bud) Leake was born September 23, 1922 and died July 19, 1974. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Earl Leake

Earl Leake was born June 20, 1924 and died January 13, 2004. He is buried in Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan. (Earl was the son of Edna Mae Crawford-Williams).

Leroy (Duke) Leake (4th Generation)

Leroy (Duke) Leake was born October 11, 1924 and died July 8, 1991. He is buried in New Bethel Church in Hernando, Mississippi.

Bernice Leake-Anderson (4th Generation)

Bernice Leake-Anderson was born January 8, 1930 and died February 9, 1998. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Robert G. (Sonny) Leake (4th Generation)

Robert (Sonny) Leake was born February 9, 1932 and died April 15, 1973. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Charlie Mae Leake-Williford (4th Generation)

Charlie Mae Leake-Williford was born June 16, 1936 and died November 15, 1958. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

Calvin Leake (4th Generation)

Calvin Leake was born December 31, 1947 and died May 21, 2002. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi.

George Wellington Collins (5th Generation)

George Wellington Collins was born March 9, 1933 and died November 5, 1979. He is buried in Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. George was the son of Samuel Alexander Collins Sr. and Byirdia Fizer-Collins.

Winona (Lady) Collins-Scott (5th Generation)

Winona (Lady) Collins-Scott was born November 11, 1938 and died July 20, 1996. She is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. Winona was the daughter of Samuel Alexander Collins Sr. and Byirdia Fizer-Collins.

Shirley Stean West (5th Generation)

Shirley Stean West was born in Nesbit, Mississippi and died November 3, 1970 in Los Angeles, California. She is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. Shirley was the daughter of Edward Dewitt West and Louise West and granddaughter of Fannie Leake-West.

Margaret Jean West (5th Generation)

Margaret Jean West was born August 10, 1949 in Nesbit, Mississippi and died December 22, 1967 in Downey, California. She is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. Margaret was the daughter of Edward Dewitt West and Louise West and granddaughter of Fannie Leake-West.

Robert Henry Leakes Sr. (5th Generation)

Robert Henry Leakes Sr. was born August 10, 1939 and died June 9, 2008. He is buried in Old Jeremiah AME Church Cemetery in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Robert Sr. was the son of James Henry (Snook) Leakes Sr. and Mary Alice Eskridge.

Valeria (Lib) Payne-Leakes

Valeria (Lib) Payne-Leakes was born February 2, 1942 and died November 26, 1988. She is buried in Jeremiah AME Church Cemetery in Olive Branch, Mississippi. She was the wife of Robert Henry Leakes Sr.

LaToya Patrice Leakes

LaToya Patrice Leakes was born September 22, 1978 and died September 25, 1978. She is buried in Jeremiah AME Church Cemetery in Olive Branch, Mississippi. LaToya was the daughter of Robert Henry Leakes Sr. and Valeria (Lib) Payne-Leakes.

Deborah Anderson-Webster (5th Generation)

Deborah Anderson-Webster was born January 18, 1956 and died November 17, 1987. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. Deborah was the daughter of Hazel Leake-Anderson and Robert (Nig) Anderson.

Evelyn Y. Anderson

Evelyn Y. Anderson was born January 5, 1963 and died March 5, 1966. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. Evelyn was the daughter of Hazel Leake-Anderson and Robert (Nig) Anderson.

Joseph (Jody) Wilson

Joseph (Jody) Wilson was born March 5, 1970 and died July 30, 2000. He is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. Joseph was the son of Pecolia Leake-Tinsley and Joe E. Wilson.

Carvis L. Miller (1967-1967)

Carvis L. Miller was born August 9, 1967 and died August 11, 1967. He is buried in Enon springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. (Carvis was the son of Lois Anderson-Miller & Van Miller).

Cedric Vashaun Anderson

Cedric Vashaun Anderson was born October 4, 1973 and died June 24, 1993. He is buried in Jeremiah Church Cemetery in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Cedric was the son of Benorise (Benny) Anderson.

Kekeya Kizer

Kekeya Kizer was born November 28, 1980 and died May 2, 1987. She is buried in Enon Springs Church Cemetery in Hernando, Mississippi. Kekeya was the daughter of Patricia Leake-Williams.

Enon Springs M.B. Church

THE BROKEN CHAIN
We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name;
in life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you , you did not go alone;
for part of us went with you, the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide;
and though we cannot see you, you are always at our side.
Our Family Chain is broken, and nothing seems the same;
but as God calls us one by one the Chain will link again.