Leslie Rexrode "Les" Harper, 85, of Waynesboro, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at Augusta Medical Center, Fishersville.
He was born Sept. 7, 1923, in Cave, W. Va., a son of the late George Earl and Lena Mae Rexrode Harper.
He was a longtime member of Basic United Methodist Church, where he was active in various capacities. A veteran with the Marine Corps, serving during World War II, he was a civic-minded citizen. Les was a retired bank manager, and was an active member of the Masonic Lee Lodge No. 209 of Waynesboro, and the Scottish Rite in Fork Union. He was a taxidermy hobbyist.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Caroline Carr Harper of Waynesboro; two sisters, Kathryn M. Humphreys and husband, Bill, of Waynesboro and Mary June Brown of Atlanta; two brothers, Leo C. Harper of San Antonio, Texas, and Robert E. Harper and wife, Lina, of Fishersville; a special uncle, Edward Furr; four nieces and their husbands, Sharon and David Johnson, Sara and Wendell Alexander, Stacey and Darrell Hayes, and Mary Donna and Steve Olsen; and two nephews, Jay Humphreys IV and wife, Meg, and Phillip Harper.
He was born Sept. 7, 1923, in Cave, W. Va., a son of the late George Earl and Lena Mae Rexrode Harper.
He was a longtime member of Basic United Methodist Church, where he was active in various capacities. A veteran with the Marine Corps, serving during World War II, he was a civic-minded citizen. Les was a retired bank manager, and was an active member of the Masonic Lee Lodge No. 209 of Waynesboro, and the Scottish Rite in Fork Union. He was a taxidermy hobbyist.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Caroline Carr Harper of Waynesboro; two sisters, Kathryn M. Humphreys and husband, Bill, of Waynesboro and Mary June Brown of Atlanta; two brothers, Leo C. Harper of San Antonio, Texas, and Robert E. Harper and wife, Lina, of Fishersville; a special uncle, Edward Furr; four nieces and their husbands, Sharon and David Johnson, Sara and Wendell Alexander, Stacey and Darrell Hayes, and Mary Donna and Steve Olsen; and two nephews, Jay Humphreys IV and wife, Meg, and Phillip Harper.
Leslie Rexrode "Les" Harper, 85, of Waynesboro, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at Augusta Medical Center, Fishersville.
He was born Sept. 7, 1923, in Cave, W. Va., a son of the late George Earl and Lena Mae Rexrode Harper.
He was a longtime member of Basic United Methodist Church, where he was active in various capacities. A veteran with the Marine Corps, serving during World War II, he was a civic-minded citizen. Les was a retired bank manager, and was an active member of the Masonic Lee Lodge No. 209 of Waynesboro, and the Scottish Rite in Fork Union. He was a taxidermy hobbyist.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Caroline Carr Harper of Waynesboro; two sisters, Kathryn M. Humphreys and husband, Bill, of Waynesboro and Mary June Brown of Atlanta; two brothers, Leo C. Harper of San Antonio, Texas, and Robert E. Harper and wife, Lina, of Fishersville; a special uncle, Edward Furr; four nieces and their husbands, Sharon and David Johnson, Sara and Wendell Alexander, Stacey and Darrell Hayes, and Mary Donna and Steve Olsen; and two nephews, Jay Humphreys IV and wife, Meg, and Phillip Harper.
He was born Sept. 7, 1923, in Cave, W. Va., a son of the late George Earl and Lena Mae Rexrode Harper.
He was a longtime member of Basic United Methodist Church, where he was active in various capacities. A veteran with the Marine Corps, serving during World War II, he was a civic-minded citizen. Les was a retired bank manager, and was an active member of the Masonic Lee Lodge No. 209 of Waynesboro, and the Scottish Rite in Fork Union. He was a taxidermy hobbyist.
Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Caroline Carr Harper of Waynesboro; two sisters, Kathryn M. Humphreys and husband, Bill, of Waynesboro and Mary June Brown of Atlanta; two brothers, Leo C. Harper of San Antonio, Texas, and Robert E. Harper and wife, Lina, of Fishersville; a special uncle, Edward Furr; four nieces and their husbands, Sharon and David Johnson, Sara and Wendell Alexander, Stacey and Darrell Hayes, and Mary Donna and Steve Olsen; and two nephews, Jay Humphreys IV and wife, Meg, and Phillip Harper.
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