Jefferson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Leroy Smith Stapleton October 11 1984
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The News and Farmer, Thursday, October 8, 1984, Page 5-B, Louisville, Jefferson Co., GA
Leroy Stapleton, 67, Jefferson native buried at Metter, Georgia.

Leroy Stapleton, 67, of S. College Street, Metter, Georgia, died Thursday, 
October 11 in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Augusta after a long 
illness.  He was a native of Jefferson County, Stapleton, Ga., and a son of the 
late Albert Sidney and Margaret Jones Stapleton.  

Mr. Stapleton was graduated in 1939 from the University of Georgia with a B. S. 
degree in Agriculture.  He taught school in Ochlocknee, Ga.  He was in the Air 
Force for 4 years and was a Veteran's Agriculture Training Teacher.  He was a 
prominent farmer in Candler County; a member of the Metter Masonic Lodge and 
secretary of the Candler County Hospital Authority for 25 years.  Mr. Stapleton 
was chairman of the board of directors of the Stapleton Banking Company, 
president of Farm Bureau, past Commander of Candler County American Legion Post 
No. 108, deacon and Sunday School teacher and member of Metter First Baptist 
Church.  He was also chairman of the Candler County Draft Board at one time.

Surviving Mr. Stapleton are his wife, Mrs. Sue Nell Jones Stapleton of Metter; 
two daughters, Mrs. Jan S. Simmons, Boston, Georgia and Dr. Fay S. Burnett of 
Greensboro, Ga.; one granddaughter; and one brother, Dr. James W. Stapleton of 
Dublin, Ga.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 3 p. m. from the Metter Primitive 
Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael A. Guido officiating, assisted by the 
Revs. Charles White , Douglas Schriner and James Bland.  Burial was in the 
Upper Lotts Creek Church Cemetery.

Hook Mortuary of Metter was in charge of arrangements.

Source:  The News and Farmer, Thursday, October 18, 1984, Page 5-B.  
Louisville, Jefferson County, GA.

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