Lemuel Thomas Tommy Landen, Jr

WADESBORO - Mr. Lemuel Thomas Landen, Jr., 92, Thursday, June 1, 2017 at Hospice Haven in Rockingham. Funeral services will be 3:00PM Sunday, June 4, 2017 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Jody Campbell and Rev. Kaye Fry officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in Savannah United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lilesville. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home and other times at the home. Tommy was born June 2, 1924 in Wilmington, NC (New Hanover County) a son of the late Lemuel Thomas Landen and the late Mary Catherine Stewart Landen. He was a graduate of New Hanover High School and received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during World War II. He worked for a number of years with WR Bonsal Company in Lilesville and later retired from Wade Manufacturing in Wadesboro. He was a member of Lilesville United Methodist Church and attended First Baptist Church, Wadesboro. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Nancy Ingram Landen and his sister and brother, Annie Doris Landen Smith and Ray Stewart Landen. Surviving are his wife, Frances Lovette Williamson Landen; his children, Nancy Landen Getsinger and husband, Bob of Gibsonville, Lemuel Thomas Buddy Landen, III and wife, Read of Newport, NC and Mary Lillian Landen of Baltimore, MD; his step-son, William Frank Billy Williamson,III. of Wadesboro; his grandchildren, Merideth Landen Getsinger, Gregory Robert Getsinger and wife, Kathryn, Lianna McDaniel Landen Cuthrell and husband, Chevis, John Thomas Landen, Thomas Duer Landen, Marjorie Read Landen and Anna Elizabeth Williamson; his great-grandchildren, Logan, Reece, Tesla, Carter, Avery, Adeline, Saylor and Charlotte. He is also survived by his niece and nephews and their families. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lilesville United Methodist Church, PO Box 452, Lilesville, NC 28091 or First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 423, Wadesboro, NC 28170. The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.leavttfh.com Burial Savannah United Methodist Church Cemetery Sunday June 4th, 2017 5549 Ingram Mountain Rd. Lilesville, NC 28091 Special Instructions: Following the service. Visitation Leavitt Funeral Home Sunday June 4th, 2017 2:00pm - 3:00pm 2036 Morven Road Wadesboro, NC 28170 Funeral Service Leavitt Funeral Home Sunday June 4th, 2017 3:00pm 2036 Morven Road Wadesboro, NC 28170