01/11/14 - NNHS Newsletter -
Mayme Catherine Nash Gaines
Leggette Newport News High School Class of February 1939 |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
There is still
more sad news this Saturday morning.
Catherine Nash Leggette,
Class of February 1939,
passed away on Wednesday, January 08, 2014 in
Hampton at the age of 92.
She was the
cousin of
Sherry Hensel Huycke (69) of VA and
Christine Tina Goodson Hensel (June 39) of VA.
From the Daily Press - 01/11/14:
Catherine Nash Leggette
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HAMPTON - Mayme Catherine Leggette, age 92, went to be with the Lord on January 8, 2014. She was affectionately known as 'Tootsie'. She was born in Newport News to George Walton Nash and Marion Scott Barker on March 28, 1921. She had been a Hampton resident since 1955. Catherine was a graduate of the Newport News High School class of 1939 enjoying cheerleading and singing in the school chorus. She was a volunteer at the James River Convalescent Center, Newport News for seventeen years. She worked in transportation at Riverside Hospital, Newport News for two years. As a young person Catherine attended Tabernacle Baptist church in Newport News. As a young adult she attended Gospel Tabernacle on 32nd Street, Newport News. She was a founding member of Bethel Temple Assembly of God in Hampton. |
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She is preceded in death by Vance Monroe Gaines and Johnnie Wesley Leggette. Her marriage to Vance Monroe Gaines on July 19, 1942 produced two daughters. Johnnie Wesley Leggette and Catherine married on October 21, 1948 and produced three sons and one daughter. She is survived by Catherine Gaines Ellis and her husband Don; Cynthia Gaines Weck and her spouse Fred; Johnnie Wesley Leggette, Jr. and his wife Mim; Dennis Kendall Leggette and his wife Kathy; Robert Craig Leggette and Cheryl Leggette Manning. Catherine was blessed with nine grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. She was also blessed with caring neighbors of more than fifty years, Bill and Shirley Dancy. Compassionate caregivers were Patricia Michael, Caroline Setchel, and Vivian Mancini. She is survived by a sister and a brother, Marion Delores King and Carlin Walton Nash. Rev. Charles E. Hollifield and Carlin W. Nash will preside over the services at Parklawn-Wood Funeral Home, 2551 N. Armistead Avenue in Hampton on Monday, January 13, 2014 at 1:00 pm followed by graveside attendance at Parklawn Memorial Park. Mayme Catherine remembered her Creator in the days of her youth and honored her Lord throughout her life. Ecclesiastes 12:1
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Our sincerest condolences are extended to Mrs. Leggette's family and their friends at this time.
From Norm Covert ('61) of MD -
01/24/14 - "
Aunt Tootsie Nash Gaines
Leggette":
Webmistress, First greetings to you. I have not been in touch for a while due to lots of medical challenges for both me and wife Loretta during 2013. I wanted to thank you for your attention to Aunt Tootsie's (Feb '39) passing. The obit said she loved cheering for NNHS, and she did, even when her daughters and other children graduated from Hampton schools. First, she was 92, but part
of the team of young ladies, including my mother
Thanks so much, Norm!
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Y'all take good care of each
other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
We'll
Always Have
Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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Carol Buckley
Harty
The Old Rugged Cross
Words and Music by George Bennard,
1913
(The Old Rugged Cross was
written in Albion, Michigan. On a hill far
away stood an old rugged cross,
7020 Lure Court
Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
915-780-3048
Or Pokagon, Michigan.
Or Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
All three towns claim to be the birthplace of this hymn.)
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
"The Old Rugged Cross" midi courtesy of http://www.divtune.com/dtmid.htm - 03/01/07
"The Old Rugged Cross" lyrics and history courtesy of http://synergy_2.tripod.com/lyrics/ruggedc1.html - 03/01/07
Greg Olsen Paintings courtesy of http://gregolsengallery.com 03/15/05
Pink Flower Divider Line clip art courtesy of - oops, I cannot locate that information at the moment.....
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
Animated Army Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
- 10/02/05
Replaced courtesy of
http://www.hamptonhigh1964.com - 02/17/09
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