Melvin Leavitt

Services will be at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the University Church of Christ with David Lough, minister, and Bob Shepard, Elder, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Melvin "Pete" Leavitt was born on February 5, 1921 in Randall County to James and Minnie Johnson Leavitt. He married Odessa Knox on December 28, 1970 in Lakin, Kansas. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army Air Corps serving during World War II in the Canary Islands. He farmed and ranched in Randall County near the Jowell Community on the farm his family has owned for 100 years. He was a member of the University Church of Christ where he was very involved and served as a deacon for many years. He was also involved in Randall County 4-H and a member of Farm Bureau for over thirty years, receiving the Lifetime Board Member award in 1984. In 2012, he also received the Texas Farm Bureau Pioneer Award for his service and dedication to the agricultural industry and the growth of Farm Bureau. Pete never met a stranger and will be fondly remembered for his sense of humor, making people laugh with his jokes, tricks, and games that he used to touch people. He was preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, Harold, Clarence, Wilbur, Roy, and Alfred Leavitt, one sister, Abby Smith, his stepson, Joe Frazier, and his stepmother, Henrietta Leavitt. Survivors include his wife, Odessa Leavitt, of the home: a daughter, Jill Streit and husband, Blaine, of Amarillo; three grandsons, Kal Hartman and wife, Lacenda, of Canyon, Beau Hartman and wife, Mel, of Happy, and Lance Frazier, of Hugoton, KS; three great grandchildren, Tate Hartman, of Happy, Kallie and Addie Hartman, of Canyon, and one great grandson on the way; one sister, Mable Sims, of Happy; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.