Mack Cade Leach

1887 - 1940  (52 years)

• Name	Mack Cade Leach
  Birth	16 Nov 1887	Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 May 1940	Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA
  Burial	Sabine, Louisiana, USA
  	Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  Person ID	I48750	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Anthony Collin Leach, Jr.,   b. 24 Sep 1855, Bibb, Alabama, USA d. 1 Jun 1924, Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Elizabeth Phares,   b. 1855   d. Jan 1944, Florien, Sabine, Louisiana, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F15850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Schmyser,   b. 22 Oct 1892   d. 18 May 1940 (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F16052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Nov 1887 - Many, Sabine, Louisiana, USA Death - 18 May 1940 - Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, USA Burial - - Sabine, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Submitted via GEDCOM by Daniel Frederick Montgomery, CMS 2419, on 14 Jul 2004. Mack C. Leach, Sabine Parish, Sabine Index, Many, LA, Jun 7, 1940 7 Jun 1940 - Port Arthur, Texas - Services for Mack C. Leach, 47, 3208Tenth Street, once port Arthur chief of police, who died at 7:10 a.m.Saturday at his residence after having been in poor health for five yearsand seriously ill for three months, were at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at theClayton and Thompson funeral home. The Rev. A. O. Moore, pastor of theProcter Street Baptist church, officiated. There was an additional services in charge of the local Elks lodge. The pallbearers were members of the Elks lodge of which he was anhonorary member and a past exalted ruler. There were: W. F. Gerkin, R..L. Hamilton, J. W. Faulkner, J. J. Duggan, Dr. C. W. Fulbright, Nat B.Wooford, Yourick Ledoux and C. A. Frakes. All members of Elks lodge 1069of Port Arthur and the Elks lodge of Beaumont and friends of the familywere honorary pallbearers. The body was taken to the home of his mother, Mrs. A. C. Leach, inFlorie, LA, for another services at 2 p.m. Monday, to be held in theMount Carmel Baptist church there. Burial followed in the Mount Carmel cemetery. Besides the mothers, other survivors are the widow, Port Arthur; fourbrothers, W. E. of Houston, J. L. of Port Arthur, and F. S. and C. C.Leach of Florien. Mr. Leach was a native of Florien. He came to Port Arthur in 1915. Hewas a World war veteran, having served at Camp Logan at Houston duringthe war. He served as chief of police during the administration of John W. Tyron.He was desk sergeant at the police station for nearly eight years. From 1922 to 1929 he was a pitcher for the Elks baseball team here andserved for a time as the team's manager. Pallbearers for the service at Mt. Carmel were: J. B. Vandegaer, G. C.Reeves, R. J. Boone, A. G. Dees, Harvey Skinner and W. E. Curtis. Mr. Leach was a member of the first graduating class of Florien highschool, and being the first member of that class to pass away.