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Leonidas Willing Ramsey

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Leonidas Willing Ramsey

Birth
Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi, USA
Death
2 Jan 1947 (aged 55)
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Mauseleum NE-F-3
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Leonidas Williang Ramsey, son of Jacob Leonidas Ramsey and Carrie Willing Ramsey, of Hazelhurst, Miss. was born there on January 2, 1891. Husband of Norma Klindt Ramsey. Father of Willing (Lon) A. (1920- ), George R. (1922-1996), and Julianne (1925-2003). Leonidas wrote 8 books: Beauty in the Vegetable Garden (Landscape Garden Series 1921), Planning the Home Grounds (Landscape Garden Series 1921), Construction Architectural Features (Landscape Garden Series 1921), The Home and the City (Landscape Garden Series 1921), Landscaping Home Grounds (1930), Gardens Pools, Large and Small (1930), The Outdoor Living Room (1932), and Time Out For Adventure: Let's Go To Mexico (1938), which was on the best seller's list for 33 weeks.
Leonidas died of Tongue Carcinoma at the age of 55 on January 2, 1947, in St. Louis, Missouri.

My grandfather.
Leonidas Williang Ramsey, son of Jacob Leonidas Ramsey and Carrie Willing Ramsey, of Hazelhurst, Miss. was born there on January 2, 1891. Husband of Norma Klindt Ramsey. Father of Willing (Lon) A. (1920- ), George R. (1922-1996), and Julianne (1925-2003). Leonidas wrote 8 books: Beauty in the Vegetable Garden (Landscape Garden Series 1921), Planning the Home Grounds (Landscape Garden Series 1921), Construction Architectural Features (Landscape Garden Series 1921), The Home and the City (Landscape Garden Series 1921), Landscaping Home Grounds (1930), Gardens Pools, Large and Small (1930), The Outdoor Living Room (1932), and Time Out For Adventure: Let's Go To Mexico (1938), which was on the best seller's list for 33 weeks.
Leonidas died of Tongue Carcinoma at the age of 55 on January 2, 1947, in St. Louis, Missouri.

My grandfather.


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