Flora Leland

Mrs. Flora Hall Leland, 91, longtime resident of 5th Avenue in Columbia, died April 12, 2008 in Richland, MI, where she had made her home for the past several years. A memorial service to celebrate Mrs. Leland's life will be held Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Oakes & Nichols with Wayne Pagel and Randy Sprouse officiating. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Maury County Chapter, P. O. Box 1864, Columbia, TN 38402. Notes of sympathy can be sent to the family at oakesandnichols.com. Born December 12, 1916 in Quincy, MI to Will and Zettie (Anderson) Hall, she grew up and lived as a young adult in and near Columbia and moved to Michigan with her husband and daughter in 1949. Flora retired in 1979 from Universal Die Cast in Saline, MI where she was employed for 30 years. Although she lived in Michigan for more than 30 years, her heart was always in the South. She moved back to Columbia when she retired. Early in her life she took responsibility for her brothers and sisters. That responsibility and love continued throughout her life, and expanded to include all the many family members that she knew and loved. She was a skilled seamstress and a gardener who could grow anything. On December 3, 1939, she married Clyde C. Leland who preceded her in death in 1972. She was laid to rest beside Clyde in Oakwood Cemetery in Saline, Michigan. She was also preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers. Surviving are her daughter, Felecia L. "Rusty" (Pete) Graham of Richland, MI; two sisters, Frances Howell and Helen (Wayne) Pagel both of Columbia; two brothers, Voter "Buck" (Frances) Hall and Wallace "Jim" Hall both of Columbia; two grandsons, Peter L. (Sherry) Graham of Pinckney, MI and Christopher B. (Kristi) Graham of Kalamazoo, MI; and five great-grandchildren, Connor, Sean, Lily, Gabriel and Samuel.