E. Paul Leedom

E. Paul Leedom entered eternal life on February 19 after a cardiac arrest. He was the only son of Beatrice L. Brown Leedom and Elridge Levi Leedom, born June 11, 1925 in Havre de Grace, MD. He was followed by four sisters, Doris Devona Leedom Norris, Mary Beatrice Leedom Baldwin Brown deceased 1984, and Ruth May Leedom who died as an infant Mr. Leedom attended the First Baptist Church of Havre de Grace and worked at the Coca Cola plant from the age of 14. After graduation from Havre de Grace high school in 1942, he enlisted in the US Navy. He attended Cornell University and OCS at Bainbridge. He was a proud WWII veteran, having served as a navigator/gunner in the South Pacific. Upon returning home he married Doris Evelyn Wirsing in 1946 and attended the University of Maryland on the GI bill. He graduated with an engineering degree and worked at APG. Paul, Thomas Jeter of Bel Air, Wallace Harris and William Sissom of Aberdeen founded the First Baptist Church of Aberdeen. In 1958, Paul moved his wife and two children to Garden City, NY, where he worked on the V2 rocket at Arma Corp. as part of the space program. Paul received his MBA from Adelphi University, graduating magma cum lauda. In the early 1970's, Paul founded Digimatics, a computer software Company. As President and CFO, he and Tom Jeter invented and built the first Debit card and terminal for Hempstead Bank. In 1978 Mr. Leedom divorced his first wife and married Mildred E. Peterman. He became Vice President of personnel for Anchor Savings Bank of NY. Mr. Leedom was twice lampooned by cartoons in the New Yorker and listed in Who's Who Worldwide. Paul was a member of Rotary International and the Havre de Grace Presbyterian Church where a funeral service will be held March 1 at 10:00 AM. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Paula Agnes Leedom McCabe and Michael Anthony McCabe of Aberdeen, his son, George Elridge Leedom, 2 granddaughters, Julia Anne McCabe of Baltimore and Katherine Joy McCabe Garroway of Columbia, his great grandson, Jackson Michael Garroway, his sister, Doris Leedom Norris of Waco, TX, 2 nephews, David Russell Norris of Waco, TX and Brian Lee Norris of Montgomery, AL, and a niece, Susan Elaine Baldwin Seisman of Avenue, MD. Burial will be at Angel Hill cemetery, Havre de Grace. Contributions may be made to Havre de Grace Presbyterian or the American Heart Association. Funeral Home: Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home 333 South Parke Street Aberdeen, MD US 21001