Lewis Cass Leftwich's Obituary.
b. 11 March 1892, Putnam Co., TN – d. 28 October 1961, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN. He was the son of
George Madison Leftwich (1861-1906)
& Anna Frances Haggard (1870-1933).
He married Lela Bates, b.17 November 1899, Putnam Co., TN – d. 7 August 1970, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Joshua Bartlett Bates(1871-1952)& Maud Fitzpatrick (1878-1959).
Lewis Cass Leftwich, 69, retired farmer of Buffalo Valley died early Saturday in the Cookeville General Hospital of cancer.
Services were Sunday at Hooper and Huddleston Funeral Home. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery,Baxter.
Cass was a native of Putnam County, and son of George Madison and Annie Frances Haggard Leftwich.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a mason.
Educated at Pleasant Hill Academy he taught school in Putnam County.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lela Bates Leftwich; three sons; Clifford Leftwich, Logansport, IN;
Lillard Leftwich, Baxter, J. B. Leftwich, Lebanon; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ellis and Miss Etta Leftwich; two
brothers, Sam and Dallas Leftwich all of Baxter and nine grandchildren.
The Cookeville Citizen, Cookeville, TN: Tuesday, 31 October 1961.
He had another grandchild born to him in Oct 1967 making ten grandchildren. My mom, sister, and oldest brother always talked fondly of him. According to them he was a very patient, kind, and fatherly/grandfatherly man. Emotionally and socially, I believe he was the father my mother never had. That's pretty good for a father-in-law to be revered that way. I could tell that her heart was broken by his passing even years later. Cass was also a carpenter as well as a farmer. He lived on 2nd Ave South in Baxter at the time of his death. He had a daughter (Doris Christine) who died in childhood of diptheria. He, his wife Lela, daughter Christine, Father-in-law (Joshua Bates), and Mother-in-law (Maude Fitzpatrick Bates)are buried in the same cemetary. His mother and daughter have interesting but sad stories. Just click on the relative links below to read them.
A song for you Pa: by George Strait
I got sent home from school one day
With a shiner on my eye
Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why
When Dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
Then stood there on those tremblin' knees
And waited for the worst
He said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us"
He said, "Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then, It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
When I became a father in the spring of '81
There was no doubt that stubborn boy
Was just like my father's son
And when I thought my patience
Had been tested to the end
I took my daddy's secret and passed it on to him
I said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us"
I said, "Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
If they know half the things I've done
They'll never let me in
Then somewhere from the other side I heard those words again
They said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
You see, daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
by George Strait
b. 11 March 1892, Putnam Co., TN – d. 28 October 1961, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN. He was the son of
George Madison Leftwich (1861-1906)
& Anna Frances Haggard (1870-1933).
He married Lela Bates, b.17 November 1899, Putnam Co., TN – d. 7 August 1970, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Joshua Bartlett Bates(1871-1952)& Maud Fitzpatrick (1878-1959).
Lewis Cass Leftwich, 69, retired farmer of Buffalo Valley died early Saturday in the Cookeville General Hospital of cancer.
Services were Sunday at Hooper and Huddleston Funeral Home. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery,Baxter.
Cass was a native of Putnam County, and son of George Madison and Annie Frances Haggard Leftwich.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a mason.
Educated at Pleasant Hill Academy he taught school in Putnam County.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lela Bates Leftwich; three sons; Clifford Leftwich, Logansport, IN;
Lillard Leftwich, Baxter, J. B. Leftwich, Lebanon; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ellis and Miss Etta Leftwich; two
brothers, Sam and Dallas Leftwich all of Baxter and nine grandchildren.
The Cookeville Citizen, Cookeville, TN: Tuesday, 31 October 1961.
He had another grandchild born to him in Oct 1967 making ten grandchildren. My mom, sister, and oldest brother always talked fondly of him. According to them he was a very patient, kind, and fatherly/grandfatherly man. Emotionally and socially, I believe he was the father my mother never had. That's pretty good for a father-in-law to be revered that way. I could tell that her heart was broken by his passing even years later. Cass was also a carpenter as well as a farmer. He lived on 2nd Ave South in Baxter at the time of his death. He had a daughter (Doris Christine) who died in childhood of diptheria. He, his wife Lela, daughter Christine, Father-in-law (Joshua Bates), and Mother-in-law (Maude Fitzpatrick Bates)are buried in the same cemetary. His mother and daughter have interesting but sad stories. Just click on the relative links below to read them.
A song for you Pa: by George Strait
I got sent home from school one day
With a shiner on my eye
Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why
When Dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
Then stood there on those tremblin' knees
And waited for the worst
He said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us"
He said, "Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then, It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
When I became a father in the spring of '81
There was no doubt that stubborn boy
Was just like my father's son
And when I thought my patience
Had been tested to the end
I took my daddy's secret and passed it on to him
I said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us"
I said, "Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
If they know half the things I've done
They'll never let me in
Then somewhere from the other side I heard those words again
They said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
You see, daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
by George Strait
Lewis Cass Leftwich's Obituary.
b. 11 March 1892, Putnam Co., TN – d. 28 October 1961, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN. He was the son of
George Madison Leftwich (1861-1906)
& Anna Frances Haggard (1870-1933).
He married Lela Bates, b.17 November 1899, Putnam Co., TN – d. 7 August 1970, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Joshua Bartlett Bates(1871-1952)& Maud Fitzpatrick (1878-1959).
Lewis Cass Leftwich, 69, retired farmer of Buffalo Valley died early Saturday in the Cookeville General Hospital of cancer.
Services were Sunday at Hooper and Huddleston Funeral Home. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery,Baxter.
Cass was a native of Putnam County, and son of George Madison and Annie Frances Haggard Leftwich.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a mason.
Educated at Pleasant Hill Academy he taught school in Putnam County.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lela Bates Leftwich; three sons; Clifford Leftwich, Logansport, IN;
Lillard Leftwich, Baxter, J. B. Leftwich, Lebanon; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ellis and Miss Etta Leftwich; two
brothers, Sam and Dallas Leftwich all of Baxter and nine grandchildren.
The Cookeville Citizen, Cookeville, TN: Tuesday, 31 October 1961.
He had another grandchild born to him in Oct 1967 making ten grandchildren. My mom, sister, and oldest brother always talked fondly of him. According to them he was a very patient, kind, and fatherly/grandfatherly man. Emotionally and socially, I believe he was the father my mother never had. That's pretty good for a father-in-law to be revered that way. I could tell that her heart was broken by his passing even years later. Cass was also a carpenter as well as a farmer. He lived on 2nd Ave South in Baxter at the time of his death. He had a daughter (Doris Christine) who died in childhood of diptheria. He, his wife Lela, daughter Christine, Father-in-law (Joshua Bates), and Mother-in-law (Maude Fitzpatrick Bates)are buried in the same cemetary. His mother and daughter have interesting but sad stories. Just click on the relative links below to read them.
A song for you Pa: by George Strait
I got sent home from school one day
With a shiner on my eye
Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why
When Dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
Then stood there on those tremblin' knees
And waited for the worst
He said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us"
He said, "Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then, It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
When I became a father in the spring of '81
There was no doubt that stubborn boy
Was just like my father's son
And when I thought my patience
Had been tested to the end
I took my daddy's secret and passed it on to him
I said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us"
I said, "Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
If they know half the things I've done
They'll never let me in
Then somewhere from the other side I heard those words again
They said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
You see, daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
by George Strait
b. 11 March 1892, Putnam Co., TN – d. 28 October 1961, Cookeville, Putnam Co., TN. He was the son of
George Madison Leftwich (1861-1906)
& Anna Frances Haggard (1870-1933).
He married Lela Bates, b.17 November 1899, Putnam Co., TN – d. 7 August 1970, Putnam Co., TN, d/o Joshua Bartlett Bates(1871-1952)& Maud Fitzpatrick (1878-1959).
Lewis Cass Leftwich, 69, retired farmer of Buffalo Valley died early Saturday in the Cookeville General Hospital of cancer.
Services were Sunday at Hooper and Huddleston Funeral Home. Burial was in the Odd Fellows Cemetery,Baxter.
Cass was a native of Putnam County, and son of George Madison and Annie Frances Haggard Leftwich.
He was a member of the Baptist church and was a mason.
Educated at Pleasant Hill Academy he taught school in Putnam County.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lela Bates Leftwich; three sons; Clifford Leftwich, Logansport, IN;
Lillard Leftwich, Baxter, J. B. Leftwich, Lebanon; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ellis and Miss Etta Leftwich; two
brothers, Sam and Dallas Leftwich all of Baxter and nine grandchildren.
The Cookeville Citizen, Cookeville, TN: Tuesday, 31 October 1961.
He had another grandchild born to him in Oct 1967 making ten grandchildren. My mom, sister, and oldest brother always talked fondly of him. According to them he was a very patient, kind, and fatherly/grandfatherly man. Emotionally and socially, I believe he was the father my mother never had. That's pretty good for a father-in-law to be revered that way. I could tell that her heart was broken by his passing even years later. Cass was also a carpenter as well as a farmer. He lived on 2nd Ave South in Baxter at the time of his death. He had a daughter (Doris Christine) who died in childhood of diptheria. He, his wife Lela, daughter Christine, Father-in-law (Joshua Bates), and Mother-in-law (Maude Fitzpatrick Bates)are buried in the same cemetary. His mother and daughter have interesting but sad stories. Just click on the relative links below to read them.
A song for you Pa: by George Strait
I got sent home from school one day
With a shiner on my eye
Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why
When Dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
Then stood there on those tremblin' knees
And waited for the worst
He said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us"
He said, "Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then, It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
When I became a father in the spring of '81
There was no doubt that stubborn boy
Was just like my father's son
And when I thought my patience
Had been tested to the end
I took my daddy's secret and passed it on to him
I said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us"
I said, "Daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
If they know half the things I've done
They'll never let me in
Then somewhere from the other side I heard those words again
They said, "Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
You see, daddies don't just love their children
Every now and then It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"
by George Strait
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