Son of John Earl and Ruby (Simpson) Harper.
He attended the Star School in Trotter Township. He pursued the occupation of farming until World War II. Due to poor health, he was unable to serve in the Armed Services, wanting to do his part during the war; he moved to Long Beach, California and helped build the Liberty Ships in the shipyards. At the end of the war, he returned to the family farm, where he remained until retirement and moving to Carrollton.
On April 23, 1950, Leroy married Margaret Louise Elliott, Norborne, Missouri.
He was a member of the McCroskie Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Harper was treasurer of the Beaty Cemetery, served on the Trotter Township Board, the ASCS Board, was a board member of Farmers Electric Coop and a fifty year member of the Wakanda Lodge #52 AF & AM.
Leroy was preceded in death by a daughter, Pamela Sue, his parents, his brother, Charles Newton Harper, his sister, Eva Marie Case and her husband Burr, Jr.
Son of John Earl and Ruby (Simpson) Harper.
He attended the Star School in Trotter Township. He pursued the occupation of farming until World War II. Due to poor health, he was unable to serve in the Armed Services, wanting to do his part during the war; he moved to Long Beach, California and helped build the Liberty Ships in the shipyards. At the end of the war, he returned to the family farm, where he remained until retirement and moving to Carrollton.
On April 23, 1950, Leroy married Margaret Louise Elliott, Norborne, Missouri.
He was a member of the McCroskie Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Harper was treasurer of the Beaty Cemetery, served on the Trotter Township Board, the ASCS Board, was a board member of Farmers Electric Coop and a fifty year member of the Wakanda Lodge #52 AF & AM.
Leroy was preceded in death by a daughter, Pamela Sue, his parents, his brother, Charles Newton Harper, his sister, Eva Marie Case and her husband Burr, Jr.
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