Herman Leach Death, Obituary – Herman Leach, a prominent figure in the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi, was killed in a fire that broke out at his home in Yazoo County. Jacob Sheriff, the sheriff of Yazoo County, made the announcement on Friday that Leach, 85 years old, had passed away in his home in the Jonestown District of Yazoo County. At this time, it is thought that Leach was the only human present in the house when the fire broke out. The inquiry into the incident is ongoing at this time. Leach was the first African American to serve on the Yazoo County Board of Supervisors and in the Right of Way Division of the Mississippi State Highway Department.
He was the brother of the previous mayor of Yazoo City, Wardell Leach, who also served in both positions. In 1979, he ran for and won the position of supervisor for District 5, and a decade later, in 1987, he ran for and won the job of supervisor for District 3. Before being honored with the Harriet Tubman Award by the Magnolia Bar Association and the Magnolia Bar Foundation in 1999, Leach served as a supervisor for a total of four terms, bringing her career total to a total of eight years. Leach attended Jackson State University (JSU) to earn his bachelor of science degree before going on to complete his graduate studies at both JSU and Alcorn State University. This was all before he was elected to public office.
A fire that broke out at Ineva May Pittman’s home in Jackson, Mississippi, two weeks ago resulted in her passing as well. The blaze was the cause of her death. Before she became president of the Jackson NAACP branch, Pittman, who is now 88 years old, was well known throughout the community for her work pushing for equal voting rights and education. The Jackson State University graduate also held a teaching position at Lanier High School, which she attended when she was a high school student.
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