Leavitt Funeral Home
It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we share that our beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, colleague and friend, Mr. Harvey Hamilton Leavitt, III, 63, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 31, 2022, in the company of family at The McWhorter House at Hospice of Union County in Monroe following a courageous year-long battle with cancer.
The funeral service will be 3:00 PM, Friday, November 4, 2022, at First United Methodist Church, Wadesboro, with Rev. Stacey Lundy officiating. Interment with masonic rites will follow in Eastview Cemetery.
There will be two opportunities for friends to see the family on Thursday, November 3, 2022, from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM or 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Leavitt Funeral Home.
A native of Wadesboro, he was born December 11, 1958, a son of the late Harvey H. Leavitt, Jr. and the late Nancy Jean Summers Leavitt. He graduated from Bowman High School in 1977, the University of North Carolina in 1981 with a degree in Business Administration, and Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Services in Atlanta in 1982. He promptly returned home to join his father in the family business, Leavitt Funeral Home, which had been established by his grandfather, Harvey H. Leavitt, in McFarlan in 1914.
Survivors include his wife, Carrie Tyson Leavitt, a daughter Madeline (12) and a son Tyson (11) all of the home, a sister Nancy Jane Leavitt Wagnon (John) of Cheraw, SC; two nieces Mary Kathryn Wagnon of Denver, CO and Elizabeth Dillon (Tim) of Charleston, SC; a nephew Michael Leavitt Wagnon of Blacksburg, VA; great-nieces and great-nephew, Liles, Smith and Knox Dillon.
Also surviving is his extended family at Leavitt Funeral Home, who he served with on a daily basis, Odell Cox, Ken Caulder, Jeremy Burr and Amy Tucker and the support staff members, Glenn Caulder, Lynn Chewning, Ricka Clarkson, Pete Cox, Bob Garris, Julie Johnson, Steven Kelly, Brice Taylor and Dan Taylor all of whom he cared for like his family.
For the complete obituary visit www.leavittfh.com
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