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Article: Thomas C. Leak Jr. D.C. Serv ...
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 23, 2009
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Thomas C. Leak Jr., 78, the former owner of a service station in
Washington's Shepherd Park neighborhood, died June 17 at Montgomery
General Hospital in Olney after a heart attack. He was an Ashton
resident.
Mr. Leak's station -- first an Esso station, then Exxon --
was at Georgia Avenue and Geranium Street. He owned it from 1961 to
1978 and also operated a U-Haul franchise on the premises. He won
awards from Exxon and U-Haul for excellence and productivity.
Thomas Clayton Leak Jr. was born in Luray, Va., and moved to the
District as an infant. He attended Coolidge Senior High School.
He worked as a salesman before operating the service station.
After he sold the station, he worked as ...