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MACLEOD, CASSIE T., 86
MACLEOD, CASSIE T., 86, of Toccoa, Georgia, passed away January 22, at her residence. Cassie was born on June 23, 1926, to Addie (Creed) Tucker and Henry Roy Tucker, in Alapaha, Ga. Cassie graduated from Tifton High School in 1943. She attended the Herrin School of Business in Tifton and was employed by E.L. Webb as his secretary until 1945. On January 24, 1945, Mrs. MacLeod married Leslie John MacLeod, who was stationed in Moultrie, Ga. In November 1945, they moved to Graniteville, where they resided for many years. Mr. MacLeod preceded her in death on March 7, 1992, and in 1993, she moved to Toccoa, Ga. Mrs. MacLeod was a member of the Tifton, Ga., First Baptist Church until she moved to Vermont where she joined the Graniteville Presbyterian Church. She was an adherent of the First United Methodist Church in Toccoa, a member of the Friendship Club, Crusaders and Sunday School Rhoads Class. After raising their five children, she returned to work as a secretary in the VT Fish and Game Department. From there, she was employed as secretary to the executive assistants to two different governors (Governors Deane C. Davis and Richard A. Snelling). She also was secretary to the commissioner of economic development and retired in 1989 as secretary for the VT Industrial Development Authority. She had a lifetime membership in Ruth Chapter #33 OES in Williamstown. She loved music and particularly loved to sing. She was soloist at her Vermont home church and joined the Singing Saints when she moved to Toccoa. She also played the piano, loved to knit, read and play golf. Mrs. MacLeod is survived by four of her children: son John and wife Susan of Graniteville; daughters, Alice Ennis and husband Don of Graniteville, Margaret Perrin and husband Allen of Toccoa, Ga., and Carolyn Broggini and husband Tino of South Barre; and daughter-in-law Christine MacLeod of Cumming, Ga. Her son, Roy, passed away on December 22, 2012. She also leaves seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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