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Rebecca Nell Jenkins Leach

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Rebecca Nell Leach THOMASVILLE - Rebecca Nell Jenkins Leach, 81, the founder and director of First Presbyterian Church Pre-school in Thomasville, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002. The service will be at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, with burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. William P. Seel will officiate. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. EST today at Allen & Allen Funeral Home in Thomasville (229-226-6331). Memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 225 E. Jackson St., Thomasville, GA 31792. Visitors may sign the online guest register atwww.allenfh.com. Born Jan. 24, 1921, in Thomasville, she was the daughter of the late James Harvey and Harriet Essie Wheeler Jenkins. She was married to the late Franklin Boone Leach. She was the founder and director of the First Presbyterian Church Pre-School. She was very active at the in the Jr. Womens Club and the Womens Club of Thomasville and also very active at the church. She is survived by a daughter, Carolyn Rebecca Leach Roche (and husband Fred) of Tallahassee; a son, Franklin Boone Leach Jr. (and wife Amy) of Eastman, Ga.; two brothers, Vance Wheeler Jenkins (and wife Genneva) of Thomasville and Ira "Buddy" Jenkins (and wife Jean) of Lakeland; two sisters-in-law, Betty Leach Alexander of Asheville, N.C., and Edna Jenkins of Tallahassee; grandchildren, Carolyn Elizabeth Knight Boster (and husband James Paul), Brandon Bryant, Adam Bryant and Tyler Bryant; and two great-grandchildren, Megan Elizabeth Boster and Michael Thomas Boster; and several nieces and nephews.

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Published by Tallahassee Democrat on Dec. 17, 2002.

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Latonya Johnson

December 17, 2002

Becky, the prayers of my family and I are with you and yours. We pray for strength. May God continue to bless you.



Love,

Latonya Johnson

Margaret Jenkins Swinger

December 17, 2002

Aunt Nell was such a lovely lady who touched many lives, especially mine. She was such a loving person and made everyone feel so special. There were four children in our family and Aunt Nell had a nickname for each one of us.

She helped me so much when I was in high school and college. In fact, she bought my wedding dress for me when I was a poor college student. She is my favorite Aunt Nell.

Not long ago we were talking about what heaven would be like, now she knows and I only know through a glass darkly but one day will all know face to face.

I Thessalonians 4:16-18...For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first:Then we which are alive and remain shall be cought up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

May God's grace and comfort be with each of you at this time.

Carolyn Jenkins Lewand

December 17, 2002

We call her "my favorite Aunt Nell". When she said your name it made you feel as if you were the most important person in the world.



Aunt Nell loved her family, she loved her kindergarten children, she loved her church, she loved God and she loved life. We will miss her so very much.



It is awesome to know that God was with her Sunday night, and now she is with God.

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