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“There’s good
times and bad
times; you gotta
work through
them.”
– Leach Insurance – and
gained national recognition in
2009 as the #1 Allstate agent
in the nation. He was awarded
a trip for two to Chicago and
New York. The award ceremony
was held on the infield of Yankee
Stadium, a memory both hold
as one of the highlights in their
forty-four years of marriage.
Their greatest joy has been
parenting two sons, Brent and
Brian. Jerry was their sons’
baseball coach throughout the
Little League years and was
undoubtedly gifted in teaching
baseball skills because both
went on to play the sport
professionally. Brent played
with the Dodgers for eleven
years, and Brian was with the
Pittsburg Pirates for six years.
It’s been an added blessing
for the Leaches to live in close
proximity to their sons’ families.
Brent and wife Sara, with their
three children, live just a short
walk from Beverly and Jerry’s
backyard. Brent is head of men’s
ministry and men’s sports
ministry at FBC Brandon.
Sara is owner and instructor
at Downtown Pilates Studio.
Brian and wife Alison, with
their two children, make their
home in Reunion where Brian
operates Leach Insurance, and
Alison works with her mom in
their construction business.
Beverly said, “Jerry and I
were raised in strong homes of
faith with church as an important
part. We tried to follow our
parents’ examples in our own
home.” She continued, “We
believe the family that prays
together stays together.”
Jerry added to the advice for
marital and family life: “There’s
good times and bad times; you
gotta work through them.”
Even though the Leach
couple is listed on the retired
roster, they remain in the active
lane. Jerry has been a high school
and junior college basketball
referee for thirty-nine years
and still enjoys that position.
Beverly stays close to her
teaching background via
substitute teaching and getting
together with other retired
teacher friends named “The
Steel Magnolias” for special
occasions and birthdays.
But above all, their five
grandchildren rank first in
bringing them their greatest
retirement pleasures.
Reflections on their fortyplus
years together make up
some rich chapters of life with
lots of added wisdom. Beverly
laughed while recalling the day
she spent her first teacher’s
paycheck to buy a new car and
how excited she was to show it
to her fiancé. Jerry asked,
“What did you have to pay
for it?” “The sticker price is on
the window!” she answered.
It’s obvious that together
this couple has built a strong
marriage and gained a lot of
wisdom that they’ve passed on
to students, customers, friends
and family.
Hometown RANKIN • 11