Emanuel-Richmond County GaArchives Obituaries.....Leonard Sr., Pierce Dorsett April 6, 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William J. (Jim) Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net March 12, 2011, 6:04 pm The Augusta Chronicle 4-7-1976 Page 13A Pierce D. Leonard Sr. Pierce Dorsett Leonard Sr. of 1038 Wilson St. died Tuesday in an Augusta hospital. The funeral will be held at 2pm Thursday in First Southern Methodist Church with Rev. H. Emmett Hutto officiating, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Vernon Robinson. Burial will be at 5:30pm in Swainsboro (Ga.) City Cemetery. Mr. Leonard was a native of Davidson County, North Carolina and had lived in Augusta for 13 years. He was a retired auctioneer and was a member of First Southern Methodist Church. He was a member of the Brotherhood Bible Class, Sweeter Years Club, the Men's Fellowship, and the Men's Prayer Breakfast. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sarah Baird Leonard, Augusta; one daughter, Mrs. Thomas Ramsey, Charleston, SC; eight sons, R. H. Leonard, Jesup, Ga., J. R. Leonard, Pinckard, Ala., H. Tyson Leonard, Winston-Salem, NC, Michael K. Leonard, Charlotte, NC, H. M. Leonard, Sumter, SC, P. D. Leonard Jr., Mount Airy, NC, Warren B. Eubanks, Roanoake, Va., and the Rev. Shelton Eubanks, Monroe, Ga.; four sisters, Mrs. Stella Black and Mrs. Sylvia Hatley, Lexington, NC, Mrs. Ola Fox, Churchland, NC, and Mrs. Louise Shiver, Bradenton, Fla.; two brothers, R. H. Leonard and David Leonard, Lexington. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Brotherhood Bible Class. Friends may call at the residence or at Platt's Funeral Home. Additional Comments: Pierce was born 21 Oct 1900. Georgia death certificate #012992. His first wife was Mary Elizabeth Tyson Leonard who is also buried in Swainsboro City Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/emanuel/obits/l/leonards1833nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb