Section: | 49 |
Space: | 3 |
Lot: | 24 |
Spouse: | Eugolia Parsons |
Place of Birth: | Barbour, W. V. |
Occupation: | Medical |
Owner: | Leroy V. Holsberry |
Prominent Lawyer and Founder of a Leading Law Firm in Pensacola; Gentleman Farmer Leroy V. Holsberry was born in Barbour County, West Virginia in 1873. He graduated from the University of West Virginia and served as Superintendent of Schools in Barbour County. In 1900 he opened a one man law firm in West Virginia. Leroy moved his family to Pensacola in 1913. He began the practice of law and established the firm which is today Emmanuel, Sheppard and Condon. For many years the firm was Holsberry, Holsberry and Emmanuel. His son, J. Edwin Holsberry was a member of the firm until his death. Leroy was the first president of the Pensacola Kiwanis Club, a member of the Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church and a member of the Escambia Masonic Lodge and the Scottish Rite Masons. Leroy was also a gentleman farmer. He owned a large local dairy farm, Beverly Farm, which supplied milk to the Pensacola Dairy. Leroy practiced law and managed his farm until his death in 1958. He was buried in St. John’s Historic Cemetery 4 North, Section 49 alongside his wife Eugolia Parsons Holsberry who preceded him in death. |