SHALLOTTE — Mr. Thomas Henry “Tommy” Leggett, 61, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Mr. Leggett was born June 8, 1958, in Fayetteville and was the son of the late Henry L. Leggett Jr. and Anna Margaret Bullock Leggett.
He was a member of Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Shallotte. Tommy was a retired commercial fisherman.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Clayton Leggett and Kenneth Wayne Sanders.
He is survived by two children, Debra “Missy” Leggett of Ash and Henry Logan Leggett II of Calabash; stepchildren, Alicia Berry of Ash, Heather Smallwood of Shallotte and Thomas Hickman of Ash; grandchildren, Caleb Logan Leggett and Lilah Anne Crooks; several step-grandchildren; lifetime companion and caregiver, Deborah Bennett Leggett of Calabash; three brothers, Robert Leggett of Shallotte, David Leggett of Longwood and Gerald Leggett of Leland; two sisters, Martha Howard of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Rose Ann Galloway of Weddington; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 4669 Mintz St., Shallotte. Graveside services will be held at noon, Monday, Oct. 7, at at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 1311 Shipyard Blvd., Wilmington. Pallbearers will be Terry McLamb, Jim Gore, Terry Thorup, Jerry Leggett, Payton Leggett and Jarod Leggett. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. prior to services Saturday at the church and other times from the home of his brother, Robert Leggett.
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