Mrs. Marjorie Leach Wages

Marjorie Nell Leach Wages, 85, of Auburn passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012.

She was born in Summerville, in 1926 to the late Ruth McClung Leach and Joseph William Leach, Sr. She grew up in Rome, GA. In 1948 she married Guy William Wages of Auburn. They worked and raised a family in Chattanooga, TN before retiring back to Auburn.

Marjorie graduated from Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville and then in later life returned to college to earn a Master's degree in education with a specialty in teaching reading at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She devoted her proffesional life to teaching school at Eastdale Elementary in Chattanooga and Ooltewah Elementary.

In addition to her teaching career she devoted much of her time to her community. She was a Cub Scout Den Mother for many years. She and Guy were active in the PTA at Eastdale Elementary. She was a member of Harmony Grove Methodist Church where for some time she was head of the Cemetery Committee. She did extensive work on the genealogy of the Leach and Wages families of GA. She also worked for years cataloging detailed information from gravestones for the "Barrow County Cemetery Book". She also taught an Adult Sunday School Class.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy William Wages Sr. and her brother, Joseph William Leach Jr. Survivors include: sons, James Lee Wages of Auburn, Samuel Eugene Wages and wife Debra Drakeford Wages of Levelland, TX, Guy William Wages Jr. and wife, Cynthia Yeager Wages of Knoxville, TN; daughter, Janet Lynn Wages of Chattanooga, TN; 2 granddaughters; and 6 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be Wednesday, May 9, 2012 from 6 – 9 p.m. at Smith Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Harmony Grove Methodist Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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