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Aug. 18, 1924 – Sept. 7, 2015

NATCHEZ — Services for Opal Roy Leake, 91, of Natchez, who died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at Adams County Nursing Center, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Brewer officiating.

Burial will follow at the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday, both at the funeral home.

Mrs. Leake was born Aug. 18, 1924, in Wisner, La., the daughter of Lane Magruder Roy and Pearl Edna Messenger Roy.

She was a Christian and lifelong member of Parkway Baptist Church. She served in her church for a number of years as preschool director and helped with the youth ministry and bus ministry at Parkway. She loved her church very much.

Mrs. Leake owned and operated “Aunt Opal’s Daycare” in her home for about 40 years. She loved children and enjoyed her time with all of them. She loved her family and especially her two grandsons, Justin and Bryan, and her great-grandchildren.

She loved to cook and loved to share meals with her family and friends. She enjoyed her plants and flowers and working in her yard. She had many, many friends through the years and especially enjoyed her time getting together with Florence Bankston, Ardis Cobb, Betty Jo Moore and Mary Gonnillini playing cards.

Mrs. Leake also appreciated the love and care she received from her neighbors, John and Page Sauls, her special friends Byron and Gwen Carnette, Nancy and Ferdie Passbach and Mary Ruth and Fred Maier.

The family thanks the Adams County Nursing Center and all the nurses, CNAs and special friends that cared for her these last few years and to Hospice Compassus for their recent care.

Mrs. Leake was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alex Breland Leake; and two brothers, Alvin Roy and Prentiss Roy.

Survivors include one daughter, Tamy Jackson and husband, Kenny, of Natchez; two grandsons, Justin Jackson and wife, Melissa, of Clinton and Bryan Jackson of Jackson; four great-grandchildren, Kate Jackson, John Jackson, Walker Jackson and Blair Jackson; and four sisters-in-law, Dorothy Roy, Tommie Adams, Inez Barton and Lydia Morris.

Pallbearers will be Charles Adams, Charles Hudson, Eric Morris, Tim Morris, Richie Wicker-Stonecypher and Jeff Wicker.

Honorary pallbearers will be A.D. Roy, Butch Roy, Glenn Roy, Larry Roy, Bill Salters and Jack Lazarus.

Memorials may be made to the music ministry at Parkway Baptist Church or to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Online condolences may be sent to lairdfh.com.