(L to r) Mrs. Elizabeth and the late Hon.
Leroy T. McAllister Sr. at the dedication of the Leroy T.
McAllister Sr. Human Services Building in King William County.
training school and the one room schools
in the county. He served as chair of the King William Training
and Hamilton-Holmes High School PTA for a number of years.
He was a member of the King William NAACP.
He was named an honorary member of
Mangohick Volunteer Fire Department. He initiated the first
book rental system by soliciting funds from the black churches
in King William County.
Upon retirement from the board of
supervisors, in 1999, a newly constructed building housing the
county’s social Services and health departments was
dedicated: the Leroy T. McAllister Sr. Human Services Building.
of directors of the Northern Neck Middle
Peninsula Area Agency on Aging (now Bay Aging). He organized
the Upper King William Senior Citizens Association, drew up the
plans for the center, and developed the program. He was awarded
a plaque from the US Health and Human Services Department for
outstanding service as a volunteer to the elderly.
He was a past chairman of the board of
directors of the child development center of West Point.
He was a lifetime member of Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity; past president of Phi Phi Chapter of Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity; cited by Phi Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity for outstanding community service; and cited by
Rappahannock Community College for service to the college and
community.
He served on the King William Planning
Commission for 30 years, and served 26 years as the cochair of
the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission. He worked on
the King William County Tricentennial Committee. He was
instrumental
in naming Hamilton-Holmes High School. He also ensured that the new elementary school would have a campus style design to replace the old
in naming Hamilton-Holmes High School. He also ensured that the new elementary school would have a campus style design to replace the old
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