Ann Leggett
Arrangements
VISITATION
Friday, October 29, 2021
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
J.K. Redmond Funeral Home
3632 Lewis B Puller Memorial Hwy,
Shacklefords, VA 23156
GRAVESIDE SERVICE
Saturday, October 30, 2021
11:00 AM
Grafton Baptist Church (Hartfield, Virginia)
Obituary
Ann Elizabeth Wake Leggett, daughter of the late Mary Holmes and Pernell Wake, was born on June 29, 1943, in Wake, VA. She unexpectedly passed on Thursday, October 21, 2021.
She was the youngest of nine children. Ann was affectionately called “Snookie” by family and friends. At a young age, she became a member of Grafton Baptist Church. When she moved to Maryland she became a member of Peace Baptist Church in Washington, DC. She was a graduate of Saint Clare Walker High School in Middlesex County, VA. After high school, she received her bachelor’s degree in education from Nor- folk State University and went on to earn her master’s degree in education from Trinity University.
Ann Leggett was the teacher’s teacher. She taught in the Westmoreland County Public School System for three years and then taught for 31 years at Abram Simon Elementary School in Washington, DC, where she retired. After her first retirement, she continued to teach at Nanny Helen Burroughs Elementary School for an additional 12 years.
She was united in holy matrimony to James Leggett for more than 30 years. From this union, their only child was born — Kimberly Nicole Leggett. She was blessed with her grandson Justin Christopher Leggett, whom she loved very much.
After retiring, Mrs. Leggett took up line dancing, water aerobics and an aquatic spin class. She enjoyed traveling with her closest friend to different places around the world. Ann was an active member of the nurse’s unit at Peace Baptist Church.
She was a devoted wife, a loving mother and grandmother. She was pre- ceded in death by her husband. Ann was also preceded in death by her siblings: Ethel Broaddus, Ella Burke, Geraldine Braxton, Julia Johnson, Robert Wake and Carolyn Robinson.
Ann is survived by her daughter, Kimberly Leggett of Oxon Hill, MD; grandson, Justin Leggett of Oxon Hill, MD; siblings, Alvin P. Wake, Carstella West and Emma Jane Douglas of Wake, VA; one sister-in-law, India Wake of Ardmore, PA; and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.