Marshall Clegg, the former owner of Clegg’s Nursery who expanded the business founded by his parents, died Monday at 82.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share” his passing, the company said in an online post this week.
Clegg was the son of Sam and Effie Clegg, who started their business by selling plants from the back of their truck on a bare lot at 4411 Florida Blvd., his family said in a statement.
The nursery business grew over the years and moved in 1968 to North Donmoor Avenue, one of the business’s four current locations.
In 1981, Clegg purchased the business from his parents and went on to expand it. He added a Siegen Lane location in 1982, and a Greenwell Springs Road store in 1983, the company said.
In 1991, Clegg launched a separate business, CNI Wholesale Nursery, now operated by his son, Bryon, offering local landscape contractors a source for plants and supplies.
In 1999, Clegg sold Clegg’s Nursery to two managers, Tom Fennell and Scott Ricca, who had been with him since 1983, the company said.
A fourth location of Clegg’s Nursery opened in 2000 on La. 16 in Denham Springs.
“Retirement allowed him to spend more time enjoying his favorite pastimes — hunting, fishing and gardening,” the family statement said. “Whether collecting daylilies, growing crape myrtles or tending a vegetable garden, Marshall was happiest outdoors.”
“He was always working on a project, and it was usually for someone other than himself,” the family said. “Serving others brought him his greatest joy.”
A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 1, at Bethany Church-South, at 11107 Honore Lane, Baton Rouge.
The family will receive visitors from 10 a.m. until the service begins, and following the service, until 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Caring to Love Ministries or the Tim Tebow Foundation.
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