Mr Leslie Gray Fly

View Video Tribute View Funeral WebcastMr. Leslie Gray Fly, 77, retired from Union Carbide and resident of Rockhouse Road in Hohenwald, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Jacob officiating. Burial will follow in Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 4 - 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was the son of the late Leslie R. Fly and Clara Mai Gray Fly. He was a 1952 graduate of Central High School. He was former President of Operating Engineers 912 and had served as Union Steward for Union Carbide. He was employed for a time with Columbia Fire Department. Mr. Fly enjoyed Nascar car racing and loved camping and his dogs. He was a member of Craft Memorial United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife of thirty-two years, Roxanne Lynne Fly of Hohenwald; children, Leslie Marie (Billy Ray) Huckaby of Spring Hill, Sheryll Flener of Columbia, Tamela Westmoreland of Hohenwald, Douglas (Paula) Barnes of Sardis, Mississippi, James (Misty) Barnes of Guthrie, Kentucky, Tranace Farris, a granddaughter who lived with them and was reared by them; a brother, Jerry (Wanda) Fly of Columbia; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Russell Manning, Tristan McCracken, Michael Flener, Kenneth Miller, Brannon Huckaby and Don Fly. Honorary pallbearers will be Robbie Adkins, Charlie Mayse, Randy Fitzgerald, Luke McCoy, Sherman McQuarry, Bill Fly, Bob Seagraves, Pete Russell, Chicken Russell, A.C. Harlan and former employees of Union Carbide.