Leila Cassady

Leila H. Cassady

Jan/09/1916 - May/20/2009

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Obituary of Leila H. Cassady

LUGOFF-Funeral service for Sally Leila H. Cassady, 93, will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Powers Funeral Home with burial to follow in Quaker Cemetery. Rev. Richard Cameron and Rev. Joe Stines will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to New Life Christian Outreach Building Fund, 11 Longtown Road, Lugoff, S.C. 29078. Mrs. Cassady, wife of the late David E. Cassady, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Born in Kershaw County, she was a daughter of the late James H. and Susan Fogge Hinson. She was the last survivor of the Cleveland School Fire and was featured on PBS in 2008 to tell her memories of that tragic event. She was a member of New Life Christian Outreach and a former member of Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church and Lugoff Christian Ministries where she wrote drama’s, taught Sunday school, and was Vacation Bible School Director. She enjoyed reading and gardening. Surviving are her son, Mendel E. “Gene” Cassady and his wife, Audrey of Lugoff; daughters, Carol S. Bennett and her husband, Ray of Camden, and Patricia L. Cassady of Lugoff; 21 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren; and 7 great great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by sons, James D. Cassady, Lawson H. Cassady, and Richard M. Cassady; daughter, Elizabeth A. Gardner; brothers, Claude Hinson, Harold Hinson, and James Cooley Hinson; and sisters, Clara Woodson, Hattie Mae Blake, and Louise Brunson.

Visitation

5/22/2009, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Powers Funeral Home

Funeral Service

5/23/2009, 11:00 AM, Powers Funeral Home