JOHN MACK LEIGH

PARMA -- John Mack Leigh, 81, of Parma died Thursday, May 19, 1994 at the Gideon Care Center in Gideon.

He was born Jan. 27, 1913 at Parma, son of John Grover and Elizabeth McMullin Leigh.

He had lived in Parma all his life until 1991 when he went to the Gideon Care Center. He was a retired insurance agent and realtor. He owned and operated the Leigh Insurance Agency in Parma for 35 years.

He was a member of the Parma United Methodist Church, the Parma Lion's Club, where he had served as president, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a 32nd degree Mason and was a past master. He served in the Army during World War II.

On June 19, 1938, he married Muriel "Dolly" Husted at Parma. She survives of Gideon.

Also surviving are three sons, Garth Leigh, Kansas City, Lynn W. Leigh, M.D., of Madisonville, Ky., and Kent C. Leigh of Vacaville, Calif; one brother, Robert F. Leigh, Aurora, Colo.; and four grandchildren.

Friends may call today at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Parma from 6-8:30 p.m.

Funeral service will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Stella Turner of Lilbourn officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden.