Howard McLeod

Mr. Howard McLeod, age 86, of Vidalia, died Monday, January 18, 2021, in the Community Hospice House, after an extended illness.  He was preceded in death two daughters, Sharon Denise McLeod and Karen Lynn McLeod Davis; his parents, Ivey Elmer McLeod and Mary Myrtice Leggett McLeod; and one brother, Pete McLeod. 

Howard was a 1953 graduate of Appling County High School in Baxley, GA.  In 1958, he started his career with Piggly Wiggly; then in 1959, moved to Vidalia and was promoted to consultant.  In 1968, he was Director of Personnel and Training; and in 1975 was promoted to Vice-President of Personnel and Human Resources.  In 1987, he became Vice-President of Personnel and Human Resources of Harvey’s Supermarket in Nashville, GA, and then retired in 2000.  He was a member of the Vidalia Country Club, and was an avid golfer. He served on the Board of Directors for Robert Toombs Christian Academy; Meadows Memorial Chairman of the Board; Board of Directors for Darby Bank; Vice President of the Vidalia Optimist Club; a member of the Rotary Club in Vidalia and Nashville; member and deacon of Tabernacle Baptist Church; member of the Vidalia Masonic Lodge; and active in the Toombs-Montgomery Chamber of Commerce.  Howard was one of five people selected for the State Chamber of Commerce Award for “Great Georgian”.  He was involved with the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, and Board of Directors for Berrien County Hospital.  Howard had a love for people, America, and his “home place”; but his greatest love was for his family…and they loved him.

Howard is survived by his wife of sixty-five years, Reba Vaughn McLeod of Vidalia; two children, Angela McLeod Findley and husband David of the Blue Ridge Community, and Tonja Leigh McLeod of Savannah; one sister, Shirley McLeod Rouse and husband Donald of Baxley; son-in-law Vance Davis of Vidalia; three grandchildren, Ashley Davis Crump and husband Allen of Vidalia, Andrea Davis Giles and husband Jordan of Soperton, and David McLeod Findley and fiance’ Carly Moody of the Blue Ridge Community; a sister-in-law, Betty Boatright, whom he helped raise at an early age; nine great-grandchildren, Raegan, Ava, Kendyl, Ana Brook, Charlie Kate, Jessa G,  Jessa C,  Jayda, and Jase; and several nieces and nephews, including Pam Stone and Donna Butler. 

The private funeral service will be held Thursday, January 21st, 2021, at 3:30 p.m.in the chapel of Ronald V. Hall Funeral Home with Reverend Edgar Waters officiating, and eulogy by Betty Boatright.  Burial will follow at Pinecrest Cemetery in Vidalia.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from at 1:30 until just prior to the service.  

All attending the visitation and funeral should follow CDC guidelines, including social distancing and facial masks.

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