Born June 23, 1955, in Lepanto, Ark., son of the late James Alfred and Evelyn Smelley Leggett, he was a graduate of Cooter High School and in the National Guard.
Survivors include one brother, Doug Leggett, Sr., and wife, Shirley, of Gosnell, Ark.; two sisters, Shirley Laster and husband, Jay, of Jonesboro, Ark., and Peggy Copeland and husband, Hershel, of Cooter, Mo. and a host of nieces and nephews.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, in the Mitchell Number Eight Cemetery at Cooter with the Rev. Troy Alley officiating.
Powell Funeral Home of Steele was in charge of arrangements.
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