Mr. Leroy Hubbard

Leroy Hubbard 61 departed this life on Super Bowl Sunday, February 12, 2023. Leroy, the fifth child of Edna F. Snead Hubbard was born on December 8, 1961 in Richmond VA. He was the first son born after four daughters. Leroy later moved to North Carolina as a young child. He attended South Greenville Elementary and spent many hours at South Greenville gym, under the watchful eyes of Mr. Luke Hemby and Mr. James Adams. Though he never was a great ball player like a lot of the boys, he learned to use his mind and was able to master checkers and from that learned to play chess. He played competitively and won several chess competitions in middle school. One of his childhood friends remarked how Leroy taught his peers to play chess and would read a book while playing them as they hemmed and hawed and agonized over their move as soon as it had been executed, Leroy would look up swiftly make his move and continue reading whatever book he was reading and beat him them every time. Leroy was a lover of books. Growing up a good mystery was his favorite reading choice. Sometimes he would tear out the last chapter, and after reading the rest of the book see if we could guess who did it. Leroy read every book ever written by Stephen king and got his oldest niece Alysia hooked on them and they would discuss them after finishing them. And look forward to the movies. After graduating from high school with the class of 1980 Leroy joined the Air Force and served one assignment and decided that was not the life for him because serving in South Dakota, killed any hope of him making the military life a career. In 1995 he married a neighborhood girl named, Angela Baker. Leroy was employed most of his adulthood as an electrician and did so until his health declined. Leroy loved his family and when his first two nieces, Alysia Teele and Tonya Dixon came along, he treated them as if his sisters had birthed two little boys and was constantly reminded that he was being too rough with them. Leroy loved life and making people laugh. When he wanted to get your attention from a distance he would yell “FeetFeet’ all because he could not whistle. So, to his great nieces and nephews and anyone that met him he was affectionally known as uncle FeetFeet of just FeetFeet. Leroy was preceded in death by his grandmother, Malissa Pettus Snead; mother, Edna Hubbard; father, Leroy Briggs; his sisters, Lottie Dixon, Rosemary Whitehurst, and Shonda Hubbard. Left to cherish his loving memories are his wife, Angela Hubbard, of Greenville, NC; his son, Leroy Lamar Williams, of Robersonville, NC; stepson, Trevor Baker, of Greenville, NC; two grandchildren, Sa’Ryah Wilson and Si’Miyah Williams of Greenville, NC; sister, Rev. Sylvia Teele; brother, Joseph E. Briggs (Theresa) of Greenville, NC; sisters in love, Cassandra Jones, (Nathaniel) of Kinston, NC, Monica B. Wilson (Julius), Veronica Baynes (Andre), all of Ayden, NC, Angela Baker (Thaddeus), of Farmville, NC, Tiffany Fornville, Robin Clark; brother in love, Terrence Blount all of Greenville NC; his oldest nephew and great nephew who he shared special bonds with Dwan L. Hardy who he loved to visit and great nephew Teonte’ D. Douglas his spades partner since the age of about 11; Cliff Kilpatrick, Joseph Smith, and Milton Freeman guys who share 50 plus years of friendship; a host of nieces nephews, and other relatives and friends who adored him.

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Mr. Leroy Hubbard

December 8, 1961 - February 12, 2023