ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: LEARY, PRIEUR, JR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Wednesday, August 7, 2013

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LEARY, PRIEUR, JR. 
(Died August 7, 2013)

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Prieur James Leary, Jr., a native New Orleans businessman, died August 7, 2013 
at the age of 69 from an coronary artery disease. 
Prieur Leary, born in New Orleans, grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi and 
attended Tulane University Business and Law Schools. He was top of his class 
with a Masters in Taxation at NYU Law School. He clerked at Phelps Dunbar and 
began his legal career at Jones Walker, and later at Liskow and Lewis. He 
founded Acadian Marine Service Inc, a worldwide provider of offshore oil field 
marine vessels and was accepted into Young President's Organization.

After selling that company, Prieur went on to run several additional companies 
involving business turnarounds, oil and gas investments, and real estate 
development. He founded The New Orleans Economic Club, served as President of 
Junior Achievement, was Board Member of The Metropolitan Crime Commission, 
Trinity Episcopal School, and The Tulane Medical Center Board. He served as 
President of the New Orleans Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization, and 
was later on its international Board. He was a member of the World Presidents 
Organization, as well. He served as a Commissioner on the Panama Canal 
Alternative Study under the Regan Administration and an advisory to the U.S. 
State Department.

He was a loving husband and father to his wife, Mathilde Stone Leary, and his 
children, Prieur James Leary, III of Miami Beach, Florida and his wife, 
Patricia Garcia Leary, Mathilde Deslonde Leary of Houston, Texas, and Ashley 
Baldwin Leary of Los Angeles, CA. He is also survived by his grandchildren, 
Alexandra Hartson Leary, Cecilia Blake Leary, Chloe Baldwin Leary, and Lucas 
Thomas Leary. He leaves behind his siblings Kerry Leary, John Leary, Timothy 
Leary, and Shannon Leary Ladner of both New Orleans, LA and Pass Christian, MS.

Prieur was a member of the Southern Yacht Club, New York Yacht Club, New 
Orleans Country Club, Stratford Club, Pickwick Club and many carnival 
organizations. He was an avid sailor who loved the ocean, an entrepreneur, a 
visionary, a family man, and most of all a friend and great spirit. He touched 
many lives - and will be dearly missed.

On Tuesday, August 13th at noon, the Family will receive visitors at Holy Name 
of Jesus Church in New Orleans, Louisiana with a mass to follow at 1pm and 
reception at family friend's home to follow. 

Private burial on August 14, 2013. 

Donations in his honor can be made to Catholic Charities of New Orleans 

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