Obituary for Leonard William Kerr(from Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC 4-5-1996)
Mr. Leonard W. Kerr, 78, died April 4, 1996, at Presbyterian Hospital.
A service to celebrate his life is 1 p.m. Saturday in the Hankins & Whitington Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Debell officiating. Interment will follow in Sharon Memorial Park. Visitation is 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
A native Charlottean, Mr. Kerr was a graduate of Technical High School and a member of Belmont Park United Methodist Church (now University Memorial). He attended Air Force flight training in Texas and was a B17 bomber pilot. During the Koren Conflict, he served as a rescue pilot. He later served as a helicopter pilot in Washington, D. C, and also did a tour of duty in the Philippines. After 22 years of service in the Air Force and achieving the rank of Major, he retired while stationed at Montgomery, AL, and became a member of the Retired Officers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Stewart Kerr;two daughters, Mary Cynthia Powers of San Francisco, CA, and Julie Kerr Coogan and her husband, Tom of Charlotte; three sons, Jim Kerr and his wife, Brady, of Flowery Branch, GA, Stephen Joel Kerr and his wife Doris, of Kannapolis, and Gregory Scott Kerr of Charlotte; one stepson, Wilbur Holland of Charlotte; four grandchildren, Stephanie Coogan, Taylor Coogan, Joel Kerr and Stewart Kerr; three step-grandchildren, Stewart Holland, Misty Holland and Brian Holland; two sisters, Ruby Sinclair of Norfolk, VA, and Mary Belle Foard of Charlotte; and one brother, Louis Kerr of Charlotte.
He is preceded in death by three brothers and one sister, Julius (Jake) Kerr, Edwin Kerr, Harvey Kerr and Ethel Brewer.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204.
Hankins & Whittington is serving the family of Mr. Kerr.
Mr. Leonard W. Kerr, 78, died April 4, 1996, at Presbyterian Hospital.
A service to celebrate his life is 1 p.m. Saturday in the Hankins & Whitington Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Debell officiating. Interment will follow in Sharon Memorial Park. Visitation is 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
A native Charlottean, Mr. Kerr was a graduate of Technical High School and a member of Belmont Park United Methodist Church (now University Memorial). He attended Air Force flight training in Texas and was a B17 bomber pilot. During the Koren Conflict, he served as a rescue pilot. He later served as a helicopter pilot in Washington, D. C, and also did a tour of duty in the Philippines. After 22 years of service in the Air Force and achieving the rank of Major, he retired while stationed at Montgomery, AL, and became a member of the Retired Officers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Stewart Kerr;two daughters, Mary Cynthia Powers of San Francisco, CA, and Julie Kerr Coogan and her husband, Tom of Charlotte; three sons, Jim Kerr and his wife, Brady, of Flowery Branch, GA, Stephen Joel Kerr and his wife Doris, of Kannapolis, and Gregory Scott Kerr of Charlotte; one stepson, Wilbur Holland of Charlotte; four grandchildren, Stephanie Coogan, Taylor Coogan, Joel Kerr and Stewart Kerr; three step-grandchildren, Stewart Holland, Misty Holland and Brian Holland; two sisters, Ruby Sinclair of Norfolk, VA, and Mary Belle Foard of Charlotte; and one brother, Louis Kerr of Charlotte.
He is preceded in death by three brothers and one sister, Julius (Jake) Kerr, Edwin Kerr, Harvey Kerr and Ethel Brewer.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204.
Hankins & Whittington is serving the family of Mr. Kerr.
Obituary for Leonard William Kerr(from Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC 4-5-1996)
Mr. Leonard W. Kerr, 78, died April 4, 1996, at Presbyterian Hospital.
A service to celebrate his life is 1 p.m. Saturday in the Hankins & Whitington Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Debell officiating. Interment will follow in Sharon Memorial Park. Visitation is 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
A native Charlottean, Mr. Kerr was a graduate of Technical High School and a member of Belmont Park United Methodist Church (now University Memorial). He attended Air Force flight training in Texas and was a B17 bomber pilot. During the Koren Conflict, he served as a rescue pilot. He later served as a helicopter pilot in Washington, D. C, and also did a tour of duty in the Philippines. After 22 years of service in the Air Force and achieving the rank of Major, he retired while stationed at Montgomery, AL, and became a member of the Retired Officers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Stewart Kerr;two daughters, Mary Cynthia Powers of San Francisco, CA, and Julie Kerr Coogan and her husband, Tom of Charlotte; three sons, Jim Kerr and his wife, Brady, of Flowery Branch, GA, Stephen Joel Kerr and his wife Doris, of Kannapolis, and Gregory Scott Kerr of Charlotte; one stepson, Wilbur Holland of Charlotte; four grandchildren, Stephanie Coogan, Taylor Coogan, Joel Kerr and Stewart Kerr; three step-grandchildren, Stewart Holland, Misty Holland and Brian Holland; two sisters, Ruby Sinclair of Norfolk, VA, and Mary Belle Foard of Charlotte; and one brother, Louis Kerr of Charlotte.
He is preceded in death by three brothers and one sister, Julius (Jake) Kerr, Edwin Kerr, Harvey Kerr and Ethel Brewer.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204.
Hankins & Whittington is serving the family of Mr. Kerr.
Mr. Leonard W. Kerr, 78, died April 4, 1996, at Presbyterian Hospital.
A service to celebrate his life is 1 p.m. Saturday in the Hankins & Whitington Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Debell officiating. Interment will follow in Sharon Memorial Park. Visitation is 7-8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
A native Charlottean, Mr. Kerr was a graduate of Technical High School and a member of Belmont Park United Methodist Church (now University Memorial). He attended Air Force flight training in Texas and was a B17 bomber pilot. During the Koren Conflict, he served as a rescue pilot. He later served as a helicopter pilot in Washington, D. C, and also did a tour of duty in the Philippines. After 22 years of service in the Air Force and achieving the rank of Major, he retired while stationed at Montgomery, AL, and became a member of the Retired Officers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Stewart Kerr;two daughters, Mary Cynthia Powers of San Francisco, CA, and Julie Kerr Coogan and her husband, Tom of Charlotte; three sons, Jim Kerr and his wife, Brady, of Flowery Branch, GA, Stephen Joel Kerr and his wife Doris, of Kannapolis, and Gregory Scott Kerr of Charlotte; one stepson, Wilbur Holland of Charlotte; four grandchildren, Stephanie Coogan, Taylor Coogan, Joel Kerr and Stewart Kerr; three step-grandchildren, Stewart Holland, Misty Holland and Brian Holland; two sisters, Ruby Sinclair of Norfolk, VA, and Mary Belle Foard of Charlotte; and one brother, Louis Kerr of Charlotte.
He is preceded in death by three brothers and one sister, Julius (Jake) Kerr, Edwin Kerr, Harvey Kerr and Ethel Brewer.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204.
Hankins & Whittington is serving the family of Mr. Kerr.
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