Obituaries:  William Penn Leonard, Sabine, Vernon Parish       L-563
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 8, 1981
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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William Penn Leonard

  Funeral services for William Penn Leonard of Vidor, Tex., were
held Sunday, Sept. 27, in the Cold Springs Baptist Church of
Anacoco, at 2 p.m. The Rev. Floyd Haymon, and the Rev. Bud
McCullough officiated at the services.

  Burial followed in the Cold Springs Cemetery, under the
direction of the Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, Tex., and the
Hixson Funeral Home of Leesville.

  Mr. Leonard died in the Beaumont, (Tex.) Baptist Hospital, at
9:05 a.m., Friday, Sept. 25. He was 71.

  Survivors include two sons, Timothy E. Leonard of Marthaville,
and Billy R. Leonard of Anacoco; one daughter, Mrs. J. D. Gill of
Vidor, Tex.; six grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

  Mr. Leonard resided in Anacoco up until a year ago, when he
moved to the Green Acres Nursing Home in Vidor.

  Masonic graveside services were also conducted by the Orange
Lodge No. 319 F and A.M. The Masons also served as pallbearers.