Leon Ashley Secrest - Submitted by Richard P. Sevier 

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Leon Ashley Secrest - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post August 31, 2003

TALLULAH - Leon Ashley Secrest died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, at River Region 
Medical Center in Vicksburg. He was 89.

Mr. Secrest was born in Yell County, Ark., and lived in Madison Parish for 50 years. 
He had been a deacon at Mound Baptist Church since 1956 and was a retired boat operator 
and riverboat pilot for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion Post 100.

He is survived by his wife, Doshie Lee Secrest; a son, Bob Secrest of North Little 
Rock, Ark.; a grandson, Robert Ashley Secrest of Little Rock; a granddaughter, Jessica 
Cloninger of North Little Rock, and a great-granddaughter.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home in Tallulah with 
the Rev. Carl Barnes officiating. Burial will follow at Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah.

Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at the funeral home.