Larry Eugene Levy

Larry Eugene Levy Born September 6, 1931, in Lloyd, Florida. Passed October 8, 2021, in Tallahassee, Florida. Larry passed peacefully in his home where he had happily lived for 53 years. Larry was the only child born to Jessie May Harris Levy of Lloyd and Lenward Eugene Levy of Tallahassee. Larry is a descendant of John McIver who led the wagon-train carrying the first group of settlers to homestead in Tallahassee in 1824; and the first Territorial Clerk of the City of Tallahassee and auctioneer over the sale of newly designated City of Tallahassee property. His father Lenward was son of Lawrence Eugene Levy and Mary Elizabeth Boatwright of Leon County. Lenward had one sister Mildred Louise Levy Clark. His mother Jessie was the daughter of Lillian Bonnie Thompson Harris from a large Jefferson County family that included her brothers Robert Thompson and Rondo Thompson. Larry was raised in the Tallahassee living in his family’s multi-generational home on the FSU campus where he joyfully played cowboys and outlaws on the open fields and gullies of the campus with lifelong friends Ronny Yon and Clark Walker. He attended the FSU Demonstration School and graduated in 1949 from Leon High School. As the only child of Jessie and Lenward, Larry loved his many first cousins including Vic, Eloise, V., Broward, Mary Carolyn, Stan, Richard, Bonnie and Dennett as if they were his siblings. Larry joined the US Army in 1952 during the Korean War. He was stationed in Southern Germany and assigned to a newly created 328th Communicator Reconnaissance Company for the Army Security Agency. Larry retained contact with his comrades in arms and loved attending his Company’s annual reunions and reminiscing with Chico, Datson, and Zabraski about the day they shipped off together to a world unknown, and the camaraderie they shared during their long days on duty. After the Army Larry attended FSU where he was seated alphabetically next to a girl from Miami named Ann Kelly. After graduating FSU Larry and Ann married and set out to make a life together. During and after college, Larry worked as a school bus driver and mobile home sales director when he decided that becoming a lawyer might “make a good liv’n” for his family. Larry and Ann moved to St. Pete where Ann worked as an elementary teacher while Larry studied law at Stetson Law School. At the time of Ann’s passing in 2015, Larry and Ann had been married for 56 years. After graduating Stetson Law School, he was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1964 and shortly thereafter began his law career with the Florida Attorney General State Comptroller. Larry went on to have a long a prestigious career specializing the Florida tax laws. After heading-up the Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) Tax Division and serving as General Counsel, Larry served two decades as General Counsel for the Property Appraisers Association of Florida. Throughout his life Larry enjoyed playing music while cooking-out with friends and family. Always starting to cook way-to-late and then cooking way-too-much. Larry also loved dining and dancing at the Elks Club and wearing his Masonic ring. Larry’s greatest love was for his family. He spoke fondly of sitting around Aunt Nets kitchen table with Gram, his mom, and all the grandkids playing the card game Pig or sharing a meal of white acre peas and tomatoes from Uncle A.D.s garden with country fried steak. He loved fishing and hunting in the lakes and deep woods of north Florida with his Uncle’s. Oh the stories he loved to share of Uncle Perry’s quick wit, and the outlandish predicaments of Uncles Robert and Gerald. Larry accomplished his most important life goals. His family and best friends knew how important they were to him; he created a prosperous law practice that he was able to share with his son; and left his grandchildren with an everlasting love of “music pick’ns”, pilau cookouts, cane grinding parties, and of course, guitars. Larry asked his treasured friends to serve as Pallbearers: Roy Grissett, Eldon Sadler, Lamar Jenkins, Hal Chunning, Jr., Raymond McIntyre, David Goolsby, Carolyn Coker, and Kelsey Colbert. Larry is survived by his son, daughter and five grandchildren. Loren Eugene Levy, his wife Paige and children Ellorie and McIver. Melinda “Lindy” Levy Kennedy, her husband Patrick and their three children Ann Kelly, Mary and Thomas. Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 14, 2021 at Tallahassee Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made The American Legion on Lake Ella 229 Lake Ella Dr. Tallahassee, FL 32303 Susie Mozolic of Bevis Funeral Home is assisting the family with their arrangements. (www.bevisfh.com 850-385-2193)

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Larry Eugene Levy

September 6, 1931 - October 8, 2021