Obituary for Rev. Leo Thomas Sweeney Jr, Miller Co, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: William Sweeney Date: 21 Jul 2000 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Surname: SWEENEY 1 June 1969 A Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, at St. Edwards Catholic Church, for Leo T. Sweeney Jr., who died May 29. Survivors are a brother, Sgt William A. Sweeney,and his wife, Anna and their sons, Dieter, Michael, and Patrick, of Ft. Lee, Va., Mother, Mrs. Ruth Mathews of Utah, uncles, William DeFee of Alexandria, La., Robert DeFee of Texarkana, Texas, and Mrs. Frances McLarty of Dallas, Texas, cousins, Mrs. John Turner of Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Mary E. Pratt of Cedar City, Utah. The Funeral Mass is scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday at St. Edwards Church. Concelebrants of the Funeral Mass will be Bishop Albert L. Fletcher, Bishop of the Little Rock Diocese and Bishop Lawrence P. Graves, Auxiliary Bishop of the Little Rock Diocese. He will be buried at the Calvery Cemetery under the Direction of the East Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Marcus Schoen, Sonny Fowler, James Bush, Bill Chandler, Freddie Cigainero, Frank Schoen Jr., Mike Malham and George Loss. IN LOVING MEMORY OF Leo T. Sweeney Sr. Born 4 July 1899 - Died 29 May 1969 Rev. Leo T. Sweeney Jr. Born 20 July 1932 - Died 29 May 1969 They were the son and grandson of Anthony Bernard Sweeney, an early 1880s Pioneer of Texarkana, Arkansas.