John McLeod

Funeral services for John Spaugh McLeod, 86, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at McBee Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mike Allen will officiate with burial in McBee Cemetery. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is serving the family. The family will receive friends Monday, April 25, 2011 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Annie S. McLeod Scholarship fund at McBee Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 570, McBee, SC 29101, or the Town of McBee Recreational Department for the Ball Field Construction Fund or to the Town of McBee Depot Library and Museum at 38 West Juniper Avenue, McBee, SC 29101. Mr. McLeod died Saturday, April 23, 2011. Born in Chesterfield Co., SC, he was a son of the late Cary Stamey and Annie Spaugh McLeod. He was a graduate of McBee High School and North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II. After serving, he moved back to his hometown of McBee, co-founding MarMac Manufacturing Company with his brother-in-law, the late John W. “Dub” Martin, Jr. in 1953. John McLeod was very dedicated to his community, serving as mayor of McBee and on the Chesterfield County Economic Development Board, recruiting several manufacturing business to the area. He also worked with the Medical University of South Carolina to establish Sandhills Medical Foundation and served on the board of Sandhills Telephone Cooperative for numerous years. He helped to restore the train depot into McBee Library and Museum and was a charter member of the McBee Lions Club. John was a lifelong member of McBee Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder and clerk of the session. He served on committees within New Harmony Presbytery. John’s love of Christ was a testimony to his friends and family. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Smith McLeod of McBee, SC; son and daughter-in-law, John Spaugh (Micki) McLeod, Jr. of Liberty Hill, SC; daughter and son-in-law, Anna (Robert) Weir of McBee, SC; sisters, Sarah McLeod Goforth of Rock Hill, SC, Mary McLeod Martin of Camden, SC; brothers and sister-in-law, H. R. (Ann) McLeod, Sr. of McBee, SC, Walker McLeod of Cassett, SC; grandchildren, Joanna Ruth Weir, Evan Adelle McLeod, Robert Lee Weir, Jr., and a step-granddaughter, Melissa Davis. He was preceded in death by his brothers A. C. McLeod and C. S. McLeod, Jr.

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John McLeod

November 10, 1924 - April 23, 2011