Leslie Conley

CONLEY, Leslie Meade, 66, of Lancaster, farmer and former menhaden fisherman, died Friday, January 1, 2010. He was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis Davenport Conley; his parents, Vernon Leslie and Virginia Brown Conley; and a brother, William Russell Conley. He is survived by a sister, Anne Conley Kenner and her husband, James, of Lively; a brother, Robert Brown Conley and his wife, Gloria, of Lancaster; a niece, Amy Conley Passagaluppi and her husband, Randy, of Farnham; two nephews, James Richard Kenner and his wife, Karrie, of Avon, N.C., and Jason Conley Kenner and his wife, Gentry, of Lively; two great-nieces, Anna Brooke and Laura Anne Passagaluppi of Farnham; two step-daughters, Ginger Davenport Elliott and her husband, Clifton, of Tappahannock and Dawn Davenport Clark and her husband, Ricky, of Tappahannock; four step-sons, Jeffrey Wade Davenport and his wife, Norma, of Tappahannock, Howard Todd Davenport of Lancaster, Kevin Powell Davenport and his wife, Brenda, of Tappahannock, and Jody Warren Davenport of Richmond; eight step-grandchildren, Kelley Elliott, Laurel, Lauren, Lindsey, Dylan, Haydon and Wade Davenport and Jaime Clark; a special friend, Ellen Mayor; a devoted caregiver, Theresa Lee Fauntleroy; and faithful employees, Jamie Wheeler and Phillip Fauntleroy. He was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church, Lancaster Union Lodge No. 88, A.F. & A.M., Westmoreland Royal Arch Chapter No. 41, Scottish Rite of Virginia, Acca Shriners, Northern Neck Shrine Club and a charter member of Lancaster Moose Lodge No. 2527. The family will receive friends at the Currie Funeral Home in Kilmarnock, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 5, followed by a Masonic service at 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, at Currie Funeral Home in Kilmarnock. Interment will be in Farnham Baptist Church Cemetery, Farnham. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Farnham Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 247, Farnham, Va. 22460 or Hospice of Virginia, P.0. Box 2098, Tappahannock, Va. 22560.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.