Birth: 15 Sugust 1927
            Coldwater, Calhoun County, Alabama
Death: 19 January 2014 (aged 86)
              Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia

Burial: Kennesaw Memorial Park
             Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia

INSCRIPTION: S2  US NAVY
                           WORLD WAR II
                            VICTORY MEDAL

Memorial ID: Find A Grave 123949694

 

Family Members:

Parents: Dexter R. Lewis, Sr.
                 Bertha Mae Leslie

Siblings: Mary Kay Leslie Poulos

Spouse:Lois Mae Hopper Leslie

Children: Dexter R. Leslie III
                 Candy Leslie Cole

Bio:

He was born in Coldwater, Alabama and attended school in Birmingham.  He devoted his life to serving others in the US Navy during WWII.

 

Honors:
1998 Freedom Fund Honorary Award from N.A.A.C.P.

Civilian Highlights:

Jaycees (Chairman)
Elks Lodge #1657 (Past Exhalted Ruler, State Chairman-Elks National Foundation)
Member of YAARAB Shrine Temple (33rd degree Mason)

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