Leaksville

Hello everyone. I'm the webmaster for Leaksville.com. I was born in Leaksville in 1952, and currently am living near Myrtle Beach, SC. If you have anything that you think would be appropriate to add to this site, please e-mail me at kenny@leaksville.com. This could include photos, local information, oral history, or even amusing anecdotes you might like to add.
Thank you,
Kenny Carter

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Does anybody have pictures or articles on Spooky Hollow/Buffalo Beach? It started out as a Boy Scout swimming pool in in 1925. Then there was a Dnace Hall there which was shut down by Judge Lane in 1939 and then reopened later on as aa a night spot operated by Roberts Earles who had a clothing store downtown Leaksville. In 1933 there was auto wreck there that killed Gladys Odell. I would guess this is where Spooky Hollow came to known. It is said that at night a young girl could be seen thumbing there. I passed there many times late at night in the late 50's and early 60's and I have not seen her yet. The night spot burned down sometime after December 1961.
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John T. Dallas
Greensboro, N.C.

Really enjoyed the site. I was born in ’43 and roamed Leaksville and Spray growing up like it was my back yard. My sister (Betty Jo Rogers) graduated from Leaksville High 48-49 year and played basketball. I remember all her friends from the time I was 4. When I was in Jr. High I couldn’t wait to get to the high school to play for Ray Rhodes and doggone if he didn’t leave for a job with the state the year before I got there. Really miss the Tri-cities. We were lucky to have grown up there. My dad George Rogers was manager of Colonial Stores while I was growing up and mother Myrtle worked at Allens Dept. store and later went with Belks until she was 83. Spent hours on the site. A lot of memories. Thanks to you and everyone who had anything to do with the site.

Clarence “ Rod” Rogers

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gary mcbride

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what a great place to grow up. i credit any success i might have had in life to a high school math teacher -mrs. dininy at morehead h.s. i was pretty much a goof-off in school . i only wanted to play golf and blue grass music ; i had little time to do home work and was awful at math and any of the tough classes.but this little old fashioned lady would not put up with my lack of effort and made me stay in after school and do what was necessary to learn the material and pass the class.she would not accept any excuse i had for not doing my home work or proclaiming "i don't know how to do it,i don't understand". she made me stay every day and do the work and pass the test even if i had to football practice or a golf match. at that time i hated her with all that i had within me. she just would not take no for answer and literally broke my stuborn will. it was much later in life that i learned how much i loved that precious old fashioned lady and how she changed my life forever.

i was out of high school almost 13 years before i went to college and you will never guess what my major was---- math! i want bore you with the details of my life , but my chosen professions as a professional golfer, commercial pilot and flight instructor would have never happened if it had not been for this great lady. i and all the other "moreheadites" that had her in our lives are " most richly blest".

gary mc bride -head golf professional
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pga of america
danville golf club, danville ,va.

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Katie Lawless

Administrative and Mentoring Assistant

Helping Services for Northeast Iowa, Inc.

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Decorah, Iowa 52101

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Greetings!

My great grandfather, Dr. John Booker May, and my great-great grandfather, Dr. John Wilson May, had a farmstead near Stoneville before the Civil War. John Booker May was born May 2, 1842 in Leaksville, and his father, John Wilson May, was born January 29, 1816, also in Leaksville. My earlier May ancestors, Robert Booker May (1787-1855), was born near Leaksville; and John May (1757-1844), who was supposedly the first sheriff of Rockingham County, his commission signed by Gov. Caswell February 1, 1786, was also a member of the first Constitutional Convention in 1788 and an officer in the Revolutionary War.

Have you heard of the old burial ground known as “Wesley Chapel?” John May (1757-1844) and James Hunter May (1802-1846), also a doctor, are supposed to be buried there. My brother will be visiting the area in February, and it would be great to know where that burial site is. My great uncle visited the area in 1940, and at that time he spoke with Albert Wray who lived on the old May homestead during the years 1925-1940.

Thank you for your work to maintain the historical records of the area. If there is any further information I can provide, please let me know.

What a great website for those of us from Leaksville.....I was born and raised there (class of 62) and will always call Leaksville home.

Ken Meeks

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Ken White

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Would love to hear from anyone I might still know or knows me.

Ken

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Hi! My name is Nell Harvie Durland. My Grandfather was James W. Hopper. My Mom is Sarah Hopper Harvie. She was born in Leaksville in 1923 and lived on Washington Street. She’s been in Upstate NY since 1953. Found your site just poking around-what fun! Can’t wait to share with Mom this great walk down memory lane. You can email us at SEDurland@verizon.net. This is just too cool!

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Jim Nelson

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My name is Jim Nelson, jnelson311@msn.com, Born and raised in Leaksville, graduated in 1961. Usaf 62-66, lived in Nebraska since 1966, married, 6 children, 12 grandchildren, retired from banking business in 2005.. enjoy the Leaksville postings.. lot of good memories.

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Tom Brown

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Hello,I am a bottle collector,and acquired a 1/2 pint milk bottle from the Meadow Dairies Leaksville N.C..I live in Findlay Ohio and collect milk bottles. I know this bottle was made by the Lamb Glass Co of Mt. Vernon Ohio. I would guess the bottle was made some time in the late 30's or 40's. Do you have any History on this dairy ?? Thanks, Tom Brown

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hey y'all wanted to comment on a photo of a community pump I saw in the Spray photos section----I believe I know It's more exact location based on the house in the photo, It's proximity to the pump and the curve of the road visable in the background..I believe it is the house of my Grandparents Emmet and Eva Grubbs at 712 Spring St.-- my mom used to point out where the old pump used to be....the house has been torn down in the last few years, but I played on that porch as a child, and could just about spot it anywhere...I'll see If I have some photos myself---- the other commenter would be right of course... Spring Street and Church do run right next to each other... but I believe it's the house that became 712 Spring... .............Charles Owens--
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I was given this website by a classmate from Morehead High school from the 70’s while he was on a visit to Myrtle Beach . My Grandparent were YT and Ellen Matthews. My Grandfather owned Matthews store in Spray for many years and this site brought back a lot of great memories! Regards, Cabell Young.

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I have many fond memories growing up in Leaksville and graduating from Leaksvile High School in 1938. My husband played baseball with Leaksville after attending Elon College - where I met him. We left Leaksville in 1946 and moved to Asheboro where my husband was employedby Acme McCrary Co. My brother, Bill Armfield was the first mayor of Eden . I return to Eden occasionally to see my classmates.

Elizabeth Armfield Hobson


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Dennis Barnes

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Really enjoyed your Leaksville website, it really brought back a lot of great childhood memories.

I lived in Leaksville during the late 50’s and early 60’s with my father, sister and brothers on Prospect Ave, attended Burton Grove and was a member of King Memorial Baptist Church and played at the Leaksville Boys Club.

I earned my first dollar @ 14 yo in Leaksville, working on Saturday’s in Bill Martin’s Shoe Shop on Washington Street( Mr. Martin was our neighbor and we drove to work in his 1949 Studebaker coupe).

While living in Leaksville during 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX. they made the announcement over the school intercom system and let us out of school early that day. I also recall coming home from church the following Sunday and watching on TV the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby.

Leaksville will always hold a special place for me.

Thanks so much for the great trip down memory lane.

Dennis Barnes
Dallas, TX

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Roger Eichholz
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My name is Roger Eichholz and I live in Costa Rica.I am trying to find links to the Walker family as I am a relative.I have regestered but await approval.I hope you can help.Thanks,Roger

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Matt Johnson

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Providence, North Carolina

Great Grandson of William Land from Leaksville

Enjoyed the site :)

I so enjoy this website. I wish more people would ad pictures!!!

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My Mother Caroline Clay Henson was born in 1909 in Leaksville to Nannie Tinsley Norman and John Walker Henson. Any information about these people would be greatly appreciated. Also, I had a cousin that I visited in the area (early 1950’s) named Janet Wilson her mother’s name was Esther or Clay Wilson. They had a farm, and as children we used to visit and put one foot in VA and one foot in NC!! I would love to locate this long lost cousin, she would most probably be in her 70’s, if still alive. Thank you for any help you can give me.

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Hi. I was just visiting the website for Leaksville, at the encouragement of my cousin, Malcom Baker, who lives in LaBelle, FL.

There is a photo of my family submitted by Michelle Lee Grant, my first cousin once removed, of Dr. W.S. and Odessa Janney Crouch and family.

This is my father and mother and my sister and I as young children. I will enjoy perusing the site further to investigate family connections as my daddy was from Spray and my mother was from Leaksville.

Thank you for the information you have thus far compiled and the opportunity to share and enjoy it.

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Born in Leaksville 1939 @ Leaksville General Hospital
Lived on Bridge St.
Attended Leaksville Graded School grades 1-4
Leaksville Junior High grade 8
Many happy memories of growing up in Leaksville

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Intrigued to discover the existence of Leaksville whilst doing a Google search on one of my books. I've no idea whether your founder was a forebear of mine, but it's nice to have a town named after oneself anyway!

I've always wanted to colour in some of the space between New York and San Francisco, and the prospect of a visit to Leaksville is an added incentive.

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An interesting site. I was born in Leaksville in 1947 at the old general hospital. My father was a doctor in Leaksville and my family was involved in the Pace-Stone Furniture Company. I live in Wilmington, moved here in January of 1949. My parents, my grandparents on both sides,

An aunt and an Uncle are all buried in Lawson Cemetery at the marker PACE. My father was Dr. Samuel E. Pace and my Uncle was Henry C. Pace, Jr. I have an aunt, Elizabeth Pace that lives in Leaksville today and her son, William F. Pace and his wife Susan. Many years ago, my Grandfather on my Mother’s side, David J. Moore was editor of the Leaksville News.