Abbeville—Funeral services will be held Friday, August 22, 2014 at an 11:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. John Catholic Church honoring the life of Gregory Joseph Leonards, 65, who died Sunday, August 17, 2014.
He will be laid to rest at St. Leo Cemetery with Fr. Cedric Sonnier officiating the services.
Pallbearers will be Stephen Leonards, Lawrence Leonards, Albert Leonards, William Leonards Jr., Michael Thomas McBride and Robert Houston. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandsons Bailey Leonards, Gage Leonards, Hunter Leonards, Merruce Leonards, Aiden Leonards and Owen Leonards.
He is survived by wife Vickie LeBlanc Leonards of Abbeville, LA; sons, Jeremy Leonards and wife Angel of Egan, LA, Barrett Leonards and wife Laney of Iota, LA; daughter, Amy Fusilier and husband Loney of East Bernard, TX; brothers, Stephen Leonards and wife Susan, Lawrence Leonards and wife Carol, Albert Leonards and wife Brenda, Alfred Leonards, William Jr. Leonards and wife Bobbi; sisters, Audrey McBride and husband Mike, Lucille Chisholm and husband Tom, Louise Heinen, Judy Hoffpauir and husband Cecil; grandchildren, Katelynn Leonards, Bailey Leonards, Gage Leonards, Hunter Leonards, Merruce Leonards, Aiden Leonards, Owen Leonards, Gretta Leonards and Jade McFarlain.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William Leonards Sr. and Rose Bollich Leonards; a grandson, Jacob Fusilier; a nephew, Carl Leonards; and a brother-in-law; Lawrence Heinen.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Notre Dame High School, 910 N. Eastern Ave, Crowley, LA 70526, St. Michael the Archangel, 224 W 5th St, Crowley, LA 70526, St. Francis School, 490 St Joseph Ave, Iota, LA 70543, St John's Cathoic Church, 18534 LA Highway 689, Erath, Louisiana 70533.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles Street, on Thursday, August 21, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. with a rosary to be prayed at 7:00 p.m.; Friday, August 22, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. when the procession will depart for church.