Robert P. Leslie Jr., 83, of Graysville, died unexpectedly at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 22, 1998, in the Greene Memorial Hospital emergency room. Mr. Leslie had resided in Gray Township all his life. He was a member of the former South Ten Mile Baptist Church, a 52-year member of James Farrell American Legion Post 330 in Waynesburg, a long-time member of the Waynesburg Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4793, a 28-year member of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 461 and a member of Elks Lodge, both in Waynesburg. Mr. Leslie was a 1933 graduate of Center Township High School and a 1946 graduate of Repperate Auction School. He was a self-employed farmer and livestock dealer in Gray Township all his life and had worked as an auctioneer for more than 30 years. In his early years, he was an employee of the former Patterson Farm Machinery in Waynesburg and had also worked as a real estate agent in Greene County for several years. Mr. Leslie was a veteran of World War II, where he served as a corporal in the U.S. Army Battery B, 427th Armored Field Artillery. He enjoyed playing the fiddle and was a square dance caller. On August 10, 1989, he married, Oneita Burge Campbell, who died November 25, 1989. Surviving are one niece; and several cousins. Deceased are three half brothers, Forney, Joseph and Earl Spragg; and a half sister, Mabel Leslie. Mr. Leslie was the last of his immediate family. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Wednesday, December 23, 1998Robert P. Leslie Jr.
U.S. Army veteran of World War II
He was born September 26, 1915, in Gray Township, a son of Robert Parkinson and Laura McNeely Spragg Leslie Sr.