Glen Willard Leggett, World War II veteran and Bronze Star recipient, died Friday. He was 86.
The family will receive visitors from 4:30-6 p.m. Monday at the McClendon-Winters Funeral Home in Okmulgee. A graveside service will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Memorial Park Cemetery.
Leggett was born to Jessie and James Leggett in Sterling and attended Okmulgee High School.
He served in the 86th Mountain Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II and received the Bronze Star Medal in 1945 for heroic achievement in action for singlehandedly capturing 15 enemy soldiers. After leaving the Army, he served in the Navy Reserves for five years.
He later worked for Texaco Refinery in Tulsa for 33 years.
After having learned sign language from a missionary, Leggett served as the pastor of the Silent Sheep Church for the Deaf, Oklahoma's first church for the deaf. He also helped other churches begin deaf ministries and assisted with camps for the deaf.
He worked for 17 years at the Sears store at 21st Street and Yale Avenue. After retiring, he worked as a car transporter, driving cars from Texas to Tulsa for a local car dealership. Later he operated a passenger transporter at Stapleton Airport in Denver before returning to Tulsa and taking a job at Wal-Mart.
As a Wal-Mart greeter, Leggett became well-known to customers for taking song requests as he played his harmonica.
He is survived by his son, David A. Leggett of Tulsa; his daughter, Glenda Guthrie of Galena Park, Texas; a brother, Daniel B. Leggett of Okmulgee; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
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