Lemuel Lee Gleaton Sr., age 82, a New York City Manufacturing Machinist, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born November 19, 1926, in the town of Neeses, South Carolina to the late Percell and Ivory Whitmore Gleaton. Lemuel served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, during World War II. He was united in marriage for sixty one years to Jennie T. Gleaton in Columbia, South Carolina.
He was also survived by his daughter and two sons, Cynthia Keys (Bobby), Lemuel Gleaton Jr. (Bernice) and William T. Gleaton; nine grandchildren and twenty one great grandchildren.