Brenda Mason LEACH

Brad,
I just learned of your mother's passing today. My sincere belated condolences. You may not have known, but your mother and I kept up a nearly 30 year written correspondence. When her Christmas card didn't come this year, I knew something was amiss. I greatly admired your mother and will always remember her for her kindness, generosity, "can-do" spirit, and ability to run a tight household. I will greatly miss her. I hope you get this. Maybe you could let me know if you do. I'm...

We have many fond memories of spending time with Brenda and Doug at our family cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee. We also had a wonderful visit with her in Nashville. A gracious host, as always, she took us to the opera,a civil war battlesite, and of course bird watching at her home and a local park. We will miss her.

I will sorely miss my visit with Brenda when I next return home to Nashville. I remember her kind, giving nature in so many circumstances. One in particular comes to mind. When I was in Nashville because my father was so ill, Brenda took my young sons to care for. I remember, too, happy visits from the Leaches in Atlanta. She will be missed, but I'm blessed by memories.

We'll really miss the lovely times of sharing we have had since we first met Brenda and Doug twenty years ago! We'll miss our regular newsy phone calls across the Pacific and deeply regret that when next we are in Nashville we won't have our normal times with Brenda together on the hill, watching for birds hovering around the sugarwater feeders, or deer foraging down in the shrubbery, talking about family and mutual friends, interests and joys.

Carol, Brad, and also Kevin and...

Brenda was a very special person and I greatly admired her.