Charlie Treadwell Family Project
Charles (Spike) Swift Treadwell III and Emily Margaret Leake (m. 2001)
Treadwell Family
Purpose, Motive, Principle
Leake Family
David Farley Leake and Judith Ann Cole (m. 1969)
Charles Swift Treadwell Jr. and Sally Francis Wunderlich (m. 1970)
Charles Swift Treadwell Sr. and Margaret Anne Munn (m. 1946)
Sally Wunderlich
- Born 1951 in Memphis
- Graduated from St. Agnes Academy in 1969
- Attended Mary Baldwin University for 1 year, graduated from Memphis State
- Raised her two sons, Spike and Hunt
- Devoted Catholic
Swift Treadwell
- Born 1950 in Memphis
- Graduated from MUS in 1968
- Attended the University of Alabama for 2 years, then graduated from Memphis State
- Captain of U.S. Air Force Reserve - 8 years
- Retired in 2021 from a lifelong career as a general contractor for Swift Treadwell & Company
- Episcopalian
Emily Leake
- Born in 1977 in Memphis
- Graduated from Briarcrest Christain School in 1996
- Earned a BS in Elementary Education from Mississippi State in 2000
- Works at Presbyterian Day School as a Junior Kindergarten teacher - 19 years
- Presbyterian at Second Presbyterian Church
Spike Treadwell
- Born in 1977 in Memphis
- Graduated from MUS in 1996
- Earned his BBA from Mississippi State in 1999 and his MS in Forestry in 2022
- Worked 20 years as a general contractor for Swift Treadwell & Company
- Now works for Outdoor Properties as a forester, wildlife biologist, and real estate agent
- Grew up Catholic, now Presbyterian
Purpose - Attend Mississippi State University to earn a degree and figure out what I want to do with my life after college
Motive - The opportunity my parents have given me by sending me to MUS and the opportunity Mississippi State has given me through the Presidential Scholar Program
Principle - Remember not only who you are, but whose you are; represent your family well
Judy Cole
- Born in 1947 in Memphis
- Graduated from White Station High School in 1965
- Attended the University of Tennessee but did not graduate
- Graduated from the Methodist School of Nursing
- OBGYN nurse at St. Joseph Hospital East (St. Francis)
- Raised her 4 daughters
- First Evangelical Church to Second Presbyterian Church
Margaret Munn
- 1928 - 2001
- Adopted at birth by Cecil and Margaret Munn
- Lived in Enid, OK
- daughter of the largest grain dealer in Enid
- Adopted parents died when she was young, taken in by Oven family
- Eloped with Charles Sr. in 1946 at 18 years old
- Raised her 4 children
- Grew up in the Presbyterian church but later joined the Episcopalian church
- Helped start the sunday school program at St. Johns Episcopal Church
David Leake
- Born in 1944 in Memphis
- Youngest of 6 children
- Father died when he was very young, made his family closer overall
- Graduated from CBHS in 1962
- Earned his JD from UTK in 1968
- Captain in the Judge Advocate Generals Corp - over 4 years
- Attorney at the Winchester Law Firm
- First Evangelical Church (N.D.) to Second Presbyterian Church
- Deacon and Elder
Charles Treadwell
- 1928 - 2013
- born in Memphis, lived in Enid, OK over summers
- Graduated from Lawrenceville Boarding School in NJ in 1945
- Attended Southwestern University (Rhodes) but did not graduate
- Owned car dealerships in OK, CO, and CA
- Moved back to Memphis to operate Treadwell-Norris Funeral Home
- Episcopalian
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
"Like a river flows, surely to the sea, darling so it goes, some things are meant to be"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgHFVqMDDVU