Reverend Walker Dee "Preacher" Leach, 80, went to be with his Lord and Savior on September 16, 2010 at Dyersburg Regional Medical Center. Mr. Leach was born on October 31, 1929 to Lester Neely and Inez Tankersley Leach in Dyersburg, TN. He surrendered to the ministry in 1952 and has served in numerous Southern Baptist Churches in West, TN, Southeast Missouri and Arkansas. He was a member of Second Baptist Church, formerly owned and operated Leach Auto Sales in Humboldt and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Ronnie Turner and Rev. Billy Criswell officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.

The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at Dyersburg Funeral Home.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Norma Clayton Leach of Dyersburg; two daughters, Lynn Armour and husband, Dean, of Dyersburg and Taleah Hudson and husband, John, of Bells; a son, Troy Leach and wife, Malinda, of Medina; and six grandchildren, Clay Leach, Seth Armour, Will Armour, Ben Armour, Lauren Hudson and Wesley Hudson.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lester and Nora Leach; a sister, Mary Sue Hill; his best friend and brother-in-law, Wayne Hill; and two brothers, Neely Leach and wife Betty and Ben Leach and wife Clytee.

Pallbearers will be Mike Leach, Benny Leach, Mike Moore, Tommy Montgomery, Hank Clayton and Jon Medlin. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenneth Usery, Richard Burlison, Tommy Seratt, Jr., Kyle Moore, Greg West, Mike Clayton, Franklin Hurst, John Byrd, Bill Clayton, Ronald Lee Sims, Roger Sims, William Sims and Terry Clayton.