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Willie Edison Leonard

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Willie Edison Leonard

Birth
Clay County, Tennessee, USA
Death
11 Jan 2000 (aged 67)
Geneva Township, Jennings County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 83
Memorial ID
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The Republic (Columbus, IN), 13 Jan 2000, page A5, column 1:
Willie E. Leonard
Scipio

  Willie E. Leonard, 67, of Scipio died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000 at his home.
  He was a member of Hope Community Full Gospel Church, a vendor at Westward Ho Flea Market and a retired logger.
  Funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Myers Funeral Service, Reed & Jewell Chapel, on 25th Street, with the Rev. Gerald W. Hancock officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until service time Friday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery.
  Memorials may be made to Hospice of Jennings County.
  Mr. Leonard was born in Clay County, Tenn., Feb. 5, 1932, the son of Myrtle Gladys Trobaugh Leonard of Columbus and the late Henry Eulas Leonard. He married Margaret M. Beesley Aug. 14, 1949[sic], in Columbus. She survives.
  Also surviving are daughters, Teresa D. Jessie of Columbus and Anita M. Leonard of Clifford; sons Terry L., Roger D., Bill and Kendall S. Leonard, all of Columbus, Randall L. and Gary W. Leonard, both of Scipio, Larry R. Leonard, of Clifford and Willie E. Leonard, Jr. of Seymour; brothers, Willard and Leroy Leonard, both of Columbus, and David Leonard of Brown County; a sister, Denio Johnson of Columbus; 26 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
  Mr. Leonard was preceded in death by a son, Gregory Allen Leonard, and a brother, Henry E. Leonard Jr.
The Republic (Columbus, IN), 13 Jan 2000, page A5, column 1:
Willie E. Leonard
Scipio

  Willie E. Leonard, 67, of Scipio died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000 at his home.
  He was a member of Hope Community Full Gospel Church, a vendor at Westward Ho Flea Market and a retired logger.
  Funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday at Myers Funeral Service, Reed & Jewell Chapel, on 25th Street, with the Rev. Gerald W. Hancock officiating. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until service time Friday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery.
  Memorials may be made to Hospice of Jennings County.
  Mr. Leonard was born in Clay County, Tenn., Feb. 5, 1932, the son of Myrtle Gladys Trobaugh Leonard of Columbus and the late Henry Eulas Leonard. He married Margaret M. Beesley Aug. 14, 1949[sic], in Columbus. She survives.
  Also surviving are daughters, Teresa D. Jessie of Columbus and Anita M. Leonard of Clifford; sons Terry L., Roger D., Bill and Kendall S. Leonard, all of Columbus, Randall L. and Gary W. Leonard, both of Scipio, Larry R. Leonard, of Clifford and Willie E. Leonard, Jr. of Seymour; brothers, Willard and Leroy Leonard, both of Columbus, and David Leonard of Brown County; a sister, Denio Johnson of Columbus; 26 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
  Mr. Leonard was preceded in death by a son, Gregory Allen Leonard, and a brother, Henry E. Leonard Jr.


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