Personal Life
Gene Leedy was born to Cecil Hudgins Leedy and Ethyl Ferguson Leedy on February 6, 1928 in Isaban, West Virginia. Cecil Leedy was a supervisor for a coal mining company and Ethyl taught school in a one-room schoolhouse. The family eventually moved to Gainesville, Florida where Cecil Leedy opened a small restaurant. Gene Leedy attended the University of Florida where he studied architecture. Leedy married Kathryn "Bebe" Hoge, of Tampa, Florida on July 20, 1950 in Arlington, Virginia. The couple resided in Sarasota, Florida and later moved to Winter Haven, Florida in 1955 when Gene Leedy opened his own architectural office there. Their son, Robert Hoge Leedy, was born in Winter Haven on October 17th, 1956. The couple divorced in 1958. Gene Leedy later married Marjorie Frances Ingram on March 6, 1960. The couple, along with a daughter from Marjorie's previous marriage, Helen Isabel King (born August 27, 1954), resided in Winter Haven. A daughter, Marjorie "Saffie" Ingram Leedy, was born October 25, 1962 and later a son, Ingram Leedy, was born November 1, 1969. Leedy's wife, Marjorie, died on Christmas Day 2010 in Winter Haven.
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