Obituary of Leola Leon Cahoon Hart ~ 2003
Transcribed by Joan S Dunn
Source: The State Jul 1 2003
COLUMBIA - Graveside services for Mrs. Leola Leon Cahoon Hart, 87, of
Columbia, will be held at 3 P.M. Thursday, July 3, 2003, in Greenlawn
Memorial Park, with Rev. Barry Gray officiating.
The family will receive friends Thursday at Greenlawn Funeral Home from 2
P.M. until the funeral hour. The family will be congregating at Mrs.
Hart's residence. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association,
1817 Gadsden Street, Columbia, SC 29201, or to the Carolina Children's
Home, 3201 Trenholm Road, Columbia, SC 29204. Greenlawn Funeral home is in
charge of the arrangements.
Born September 10, 1915, in Pamlico County, N.C., she was the daughter of
the late Jesse Robert Cahoon and Azetta Weatherington Cahoon and the widow
of Raymond Cannon Hart, Sr. At the age of 19 she became the co-owner of Le
Anne Beauty Salon in Greenville, NC, until moving to Columbia in 1948. She
was a member of Shandon Baptist Church, Rake and Hoe Garden Club, and the
Women's Club of Columbia. Mrs. Hart will be sadly missed by all who knew
her and loved her.
She is survived by two daughters, Mary Ann Derrick (Gene) of Columbia, and
Susan H. Harding (Bruce) of Fountain Hills, Arizona; a son, Raymond C. Hart,
Jr. of Columbia; two sisters, Mildred Silverthorne of Merritt, N.C., and
Ann Donnelly Fourspring of Asheville, N.C.; a brother, Ernest R. Cahoon of
Augusta, Georgia; four grandchildren, Leanne Rast of Columbia, Laura Monroe
of Pleasanton, California, Jill Stasik of Chandler, Arizona and Tim
Harding of Fountain Hills, Arizona; three great-grandchildren; nieces and
nephews.
Greenlawn Funeral Home.
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