Elmena Essie Hawley

Elmena married William Granville Reynolds 13 Jun 1924 (By J. Gilbert Lynn), Bay View, Cecil County, Maryland. William (son of Earl Reynolds and Elizabeth Adeline Coulson) was born 29 Jan 1904, Cecil County, Maryland; died 26 Jan 1979, Rising Sun, Maryland; was buried , West Nottingham Cemetery, Colora, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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Joan Jack Reynolds Leader, 82, of Elkton, MD formerly of Rising Sun, MD and Wilmington, DE, passed away peacefully at her home November 6, 2013. Born on July 27, 1931 in Rising Sun, Joan was the daughter of the late William Granville and Essie Hawley Reynolds.

She was a 1948 graduate of Rising Sun High School and attended a year at Goldey-Beacom College, during which time she met her husband Richard whom she married in 1950. Joan was a homemaker most of her adult life, but also worked for a time as a secretary and in recent years, worked in retail at the Back Creek General Store in Chesapeake City.

She also volunteered at Union Hospital for 30 years and was an active member of Elkton Presbyterian Church. She loved her home on Perch Creek and will be dearly missed by family and friends. She is survived by two sons, Richard R. Leader and his wife Nancy Andrew of Easton and John W. Leader and his wife Lesley of Hebron, MD; and two grandsons, Ben and Oliver; and her beloved cat Jack. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Richard C. Leader; two brothers, William and Horace Reynolds and a sister, Wanda Reynolds Devenney.

A Service honoring her life will be held at West Nottingham Presbyterian Church in Colora, MD On Wednesday November 13, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. where friends and family may call beginning at 10 am. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contribution checks may be made payable to Elkton Presbyterian Church and mailed to R.T. Foard Funeral Home, 111 S. Queen St., Rising Sun, MD 21911.

Published in The News Journal on Nov. 11, 2013

Joan married Richard C. Leader 4 Nov 1950, West Nottingham Presbyterian Church, Colora, Cecil County, Maryland. Richard was born 1928; died 2006; was buried , West Nottingham Cemetery, Colora, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Wanda married John Michael Devenney 15 Dec 1945, West Nottingham Presbyterian Church, Colora, Cecil County, Maryland. John was born 17 Aug 1917; died 28 Sep 1989; was buried , West Nottingham Cemetery, Colora, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Horace married Darthula Campbell. Darthula was born 28 Nov 1926, North Carolina; died 6 Feb 2022; was buried , West Nottingham Cemetery, Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]