Obituary of Leon Curtis Jewell Sr ~ 2008

Transcribed by Joan S Dunn

Source: Washington Daily News Feb 21 2008

Mr. Leon Curtis Jewell, Sr., 69, of 53 Perch Lane, Belhaven, died 
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at Cross Creek Health Care Center of Swan 
Quarter.  
A private memorial service will be held at a later date.  
Mr. Jewell was born in Pamlico County on Jan. 27, 1939. He was the son of 
the late Leslie Curtis Jewell and Allie Mae Midgett Jewell. He attended 
the Pamlico County Schools. On May 14, 1960, he married the former Linda 
Hope Tippett, who survives. He was a retired farmer and contractor. 
Survivors include two daughters, Rosemary Pecina and Tammy Jewell, both 
of Selma; two sons, Leon C. Jewell Jr. of Kinston and Michael Kevin Jewell 
of Middlesex; two sisters, Kay Francis Kerr of Connecticut and Jean Jewell 
of Raleigh; three brothers, Jerry Jewell of Arapahoe, Jessie Jewell of 
Peru and Johnny Jewell of Oklahoma City; eight grandchildren and eight 
great-grandchildren.  
Arrangements are by Paul Funeral Home, Belhaven.





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