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Lillie Margaret Leekins 1965-2026

Lillie Margaret Leekins, 61, of Hagerstown, MD passed away on Thursday, October 22 2026 in the Waynesboro Hospital.

Lillie Margaret Leekins
Lillie Margaret Leekins

Born June 9, 1965 in Gaithersburg, Maryland she was the daughter of the late Stonewall Jackson Nichols Sr. and Nancy Lee (Trammel) Nichols.

She is survived by pop Charles Leekins Sr. as her significant other for 33 years.

Lillie is also survived by four children, Charles Leekins Jr. (Tia) Waynesboro, Natalie Dixon (Shawn) Myrtle Beach, SC, Jessica Stone Hagerstown, and Samuel Baugher (partner Elizabeth) Hagerstown; nine grandchildren, Chaz Daugherty, Jordhan, Jocellynn, Juliahanna Baugher, Kinsey, Killian, and Elias Dixon, Cy Mendez and Madison Stone; four sibling, Janie Grumbine, June Sigler, Rose Duffin and Billy Nichols; three fur babies, Lady, Dusty and Bon Bon her kitty cat. All of them she loved dearly.

In addition to her parents, Lillie is preceded in death by Stonewall Nichols Jr. and Patsy Cooper.

Lillie loved going to auctions, gardening or sitting on the back porch with Charles her love. She also liked baking, making crafts and doing her Ancestry. Above all she loved her grandchildren. They were her world.

The family would like to have a Celebration of Life at a later time.

Arrangements are entrusted to SimpleChoice Cremation Services Inc. of Chambersburg. Online condolences may be expressed at the funeral home’s website.

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