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Obit: Harry Robert McCleary
Posted by: Wayne (ID *****5238) Date: August 07, 2007 at 04:30:10
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Byhalia - HARRY ROBERT “Bobby” McCLEARY, JR., 76, of Kat Bar Farm, died on August 5, 2007, at The University of Kentucky Medical Center, in Lexington, KY, from injuries sustained in an equine related accident. Born in Memphis, he was the only child of Harry Robert McCleary, Sr. and Sadye Marie “Peggy” Trebing McCleary of Memphis and Fort Lauderdale, FL. He was a graduate of Christian Brothers High School and attended McKenzie Business College. From 1952-54, he served in the United States Army, in the Korean Conflict. A resident of Shelby County for more than fifty years, he resided in Memphis, Germantown, and Collierville, prior to moving to Byhalia, in 1983. He was the retired President of McCleary, Inc., which was a successor company to McCleary Brothers, Inc. and McCleary Industries, Inc., which were founded by his father and uncle. For many years, he was active in trade associations relating to the laundry and dry cleaning supply industry. In retirement, he was involved with equine and equipment transportation across the country. He was a member of The Church of the Incarnation, in Collierville. Since childhood, he had participated in horse shows. He was active in American Quarter Horse Association activities and he was a Past President of the Frontier Saddle Club. Earlier in his career, he had been a member of the Memphis Jaycees. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie Reeds McCleary; and a daughter, Amanda Lyn McCleary of Byhalia; a son, Harry Robert “Rob” McCleary III and his wife, Jenny of Memphis; and daughters, Karen McCleary Metz and her husband, Craig of Vienna, VA, Teresa Marie McCleary, of Collierville, and Alisa Frances McCleary of Michigan City, MS; as well as grandchildren: Kimberly Lee McCleary and Allison Louise McCleary, of Memphis, and Preston Worthington Metz, of Vienna, VA. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, August 8, in the chapel of Church of the Incarnation, 360 Bray Station Road in Collierville, with the rosary service beginning at 7 p.m. Funeral mass will be said at 10 a.m. Thursday, August 9 in the main sanctuary of Church of the Incarnation, and interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.


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