Alexander Campbell McLeod

Funeral services for Alexander Campbell McLeod, Sr., 78, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 16, 2008 at McBee Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mike Allen will officiate with burial in McBee Cemetery. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is serving the McLeod family. The family will receive friends Friday, August 15, 2008 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Annie S. McLeod Scholarship Fund, C/O McBee Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 570 29101. Mr. McLeod died Thursday, August 14, 2008. Born in McBee, SC, he was a son of the late Cary S. and Annie Spaugh McLeod. He was a member and Deacon of McBee Presbyterian Church. He graduated from Clemson University in 1953 and served in the U.S. Army as a Second Lieutenant. He was a third generation owner and operator of McLeod Farms, Inc., where he developed the "Cary Mac" peach variety. He was a member of the Fruit and Labor Committee of the South Carolina Farm Bureau, the Chesterfield County Soil & Water Conservation Board, S.C. Peach Council, and the Chesterfield County Farm Bureau Board. He was a member of the Business & Fessionals Club. He was an active leader in establishing the McBee Boy Scout Hut and recreational facilities. He loved God, his family, his church, and his town. Surviving are his wife, Suzanne Butler McLeod of McBee, SC; son and daughter-in-law, Alexander Campbell "Kemp" and Gaie C. McLeod, Jr. of McBee, SC; daughters and sons-in-law, Elizabeth “Beth” and Cleve Watford of McBee, SC, Catherine "Cathy" and Thomas Grogan of Longs, SC; sisters and brother-in-law, Sarah and Harry Goforth of Rock Hill, SC, Mary Martin of Camden, SC; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bob and Ann McLeod of McBee, SC, John and Ruth McLeod of McBee, SC, Walker McLeod of Cassett, SC; grandchildren, Alec McLeod of Greer, SC, Amanda McLeod, Rachel McLeod, Spencer McLeod, Jennifer and James Byrd, Sarah Winburn, all of McBee, SC, Carren and Jason Hutto of Camden, SC, Alyson Smith and Frederick Podris of Orangeburg, SC, Kirby Powell Grogan of Longs, SC; great-grandchildren, Campbell Byrd, Frederick Seth Podris; stepdaughters, Chris King and Jimmy Goff of Winter Park, FL, Sally King and Wayne Wallace of McBee, SC, Susan King and Tim Moore of McBee, SC; stepson, Thomas R. and Rebecca King of McBee, SC; step grandchildren, Patrick Wallace, Connor Wallace, Andrew Wallace, Lauren Moore, Anna Moore, Tom King, all of McBee, SC. He was preceded in death by his brother Cary S. McLeod, Jr.

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Alexander Campbell McLeod

March 27, 1930 - August 14, 2008