Obituary of J. Leo Gregory, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: The News Star
Date: June 2005



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MR. J. LEO GREGORY
Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, Louisiana


Services for J. Leo Gregory, 83, of Columbia will be held at 
11:00 AM on Monday May 23, 2005 from the chapel of Riser Funeral 
Home in Columbia with Rev. Jay Morgan officiating. Interment will 
follow in the Welcome Home Cemetery in Grayson.

Mr. Gregory was born in Columbia on January 27, 1922 to the union 
of Sebron and Onie Railey Gregory and died Friday, May 20, 2005 at 
the North Monroe Medical Center in Monroe.

He was a retired welder with the Welder's and Steamfitter's Local 
Union #659. He attended La. Tech University in Ruston. He also 
attended Grayson Baptist Church. He was also a member of the 
Columbia Masonic Lodge #164.

Survivors include his wife, Ezelle Caskey Gregory of Columbia, his 
son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Sherry Gregory of Columbia, his 
step-son, James Roy Mixon and his wife, Margaret of Jena, his daughters 
and sons-in-law, Gale and Cagle Thomas of Vidalia and Lesa and John 
McKeithen of Grayson, his step-daughter, Anita Pierce of Natchitoches, 
his brother, Garland Gregory of Ruston, his sister, Claudine Risdel of 
West Monroe, his grandchildren, Bryan Lowery, Jessie Lowery, Chad Gregory, 
Cree Gregory, Danielle Gregory, Ryan Thomas, Will Thomas, Diane McKeithen 
and Jeff McKeithen, and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Daniel Leo Gregory, his 
brothers, Harmon Gregory, Bink Gregory, and S.A. Gregory and his sisters, 
Beatrice Miller and Bernice McClanahan.

Pallbearers will be James Roy Mixon, Ricky Ratcliff, Cagle Thomas, John 
McKeithen, Ryan Thomas and Will Thomas.

Visitation will be on Sunday from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and Monday from 
8:00 AM until time of services at Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia. 


Originally published May 21, 2005