Obituaries: Mrs. Katie Leonard, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish L-563 Source: Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 3, 1983 Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck carlrad@earthlink.net ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Mrs. Katie Leonard Funeral services were held Monday, February 28, at 2 p.m., for Mrs. Katie Leonard, 85, of Natchitoches, at the Central Baptist Church of Robeline. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The Rev. Joe Mitchell officiated. Services were under direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home. Mrs. Leonard died Saturday, February 26, 1983, at 7:20 p.m., at the Natchitoches Manor Nursing Home, where she resided. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Wilma Reeves of Reeves, Mrs. Estell Cobb, Benton, Mrs. Loree Anderson, Pleasant Hill, and Mrs. Grace Bonnell, Iraan, Tex.; two sons, Claude L. Leonard, Lafayette, and Lester W. Simmons, Natchitoches; three sisters, Mrs. Lola Brown, Shreveport, Mrs. Fannie Marr, Many, and Mrs. Irene Simpson, Many; one brother, Sammy Mitchell, Robeline; 22 grandchildren; 40 great grandchildren; and a number of great-great grandchildren, in addition to a host of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Billy Wayne Bonnell, Jerry Bonnell, Reggie Anders, Sonny Primm, Clarence Melton Cobbs, and Travis Cobbs.