Leatha Mae Cameron

LEATHA WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 9, 1942 IN MT. ENTERPRISE, TEXAS. WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER SHE MOVED TO EAST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA WITH HER MOTHER AND 3 OTHER SIBLINGS. LEATHA WAS BLESSED WITH ONE CHILD. LEATHA EXCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE. BEFORE HER HUSBAND JAMES’ DEATH IN 2004 , THEY BOTH JOINED AND FAITHFULLY SERVED THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION OF SPRINGFILED BAPTIST CHURCH IN THEIR COMMUNITY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FOR MANY YEARS.

LEATHA’S LIVELYHOOD EMBRACED MANY JOB OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE YEARS UNTIL IN 2004 WHEN SHE RETIRED FROM COOKSEY CORPORATION IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. LEATHA WAS A HARD WORKER, LOYAL, DEDICATED, HONEST, RESPONSIBLE, RELIABLE, DEPENDABLE AND STABLE. LEATHA WAS A VERY LIKEABLE PERSON WITH A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND LOVED FAMILY GATHERINGS.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER VERA CURLEE, FATHER CLYDE ADAMS, STEP-FATHER ED CURLEE, HER HUSBAND JAMES WAVERLY CAMERON.

ON JUNE 1, 2013, LEATHA DEPARTED THIS WORLD FOR ETERNAL REST. SHE LEAVES TO MOURN HER PASSING AND CHERISH HER MEMORIES: HER DAUGHTER DEBRA NORWOOD, GRANDSONS TYE ALLEN AND TRAVIS ALLEN, A LOVING & DEVOTED SISTER DOROTHY DURR, 3 BROTHERS ALEX ADAMS, LIONEL ADAMS AND JAMES “BUGGIE” CURLEE. HER UNCLE LEO ADAMS, HER OLDEST & DEAREST NIECE& NEPHEW PAMELA BERRY AND MARCEL BERRY TOGETHER WITH A HOST OF OTHER NEPHEWS AND NIECES, BROTHER-IN-LAW LEON CAMERON, SISTERS-IN LAW IMOGENE CAMERON FRY AND WANDA SUE CAMERON McNEAL, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.