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HIGH POINT - Ms. Rebecca Wardlaw Leonard, 68, of 104-A Price St., died Monday, December 21, 2009 at High Point Regional Hospital.
Ms. Leonard was born April 12, 1941 in McCormick, SC, a daughter of John and Sallie Mae Quarles Wardlaw. For most of her adult life she was a resident of High Point; attended Word of Life Tabernacle; and was formerly employed as a machine operator in the furniture manufacturing industry.
She was preceded in death by her parents; six brothers, John, Bobby, David, Joe Louis, James and Haywood; and four sisters, Ethel Mae, Jesse Lee, Robbie, and Frances.
Survivors include two sons, Charles "Scooter" Leonard and wife, Janice, of Spartanburg, SC, and Barry Leonard and wife, Tracie, of Greensboro, NC; four grandchildren, Asia, Justin, William, and Elias; her twin brother, Isaac Wardlaw, of High Point; two sisters, Carrie Lee, of New Haven, Conn., and Josephine Bailey, of High Point; special friends, Martha Lee, Teresa Briley, and Lawrence Onyrimba; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thurs., Dec. 24, 2009 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1301 Alamance Church Rd., Greensboro, with Bishop George W. Brooks officiating. Interment will follow at Carolina Biblical Gardens. Family visitation will be at the church Thurs., 10:30 to 11:00 a.m., and other times at the residence.
Haizlip Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Obituary courtesy of High Point Enterprise (NC) - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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HIGH POINT - Ms. Rebecca Wardlaw Leonard, 68, of 104-A Price St., died Monday, December 21, 2009 at High Point Regional Hospital.
Ms. Leonard was born April 12, 1941 in McCormick, SC, a daughter of John and Sallie Mae Quarles Wardlaw. For most of her adult life she was a resident of High Point; attended Word of Life Tabernacle; and was formerly employed as a machine operator in the furniture manufacturing industry.
She was preceded in death by her parents; six brothers, John, Bobby, David, Joe Louis, James and Haywood; and four sisters, Ethel Mae, Jesse Lee, Robbie, and Frances.
Survivors include two sons, Charles "Scooter" Leonard and wife, Janice, of Spartanburg, SC, and Barry Leonard and wife, Tracie, of Greensboro, NC; four grandchildren, Asia, Justin, William, and Elias; her twin brother, Isaac Wardlaw, of High Point; two sisters, Carrie Lee, of New Haven, Conn., and Josephine Bailey, of High Point; special friends, Martha Lee, Teresa Briley, and Lawrence Onyrimba; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Thurs., Dec. 24, 2009 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1301 Alamance Church Rd., Greensboro, with Bishop George W. Brooks officiating. Interment will follow at Carolina Biblical Gardens. Family visitation will be at the church Thurs., 10:30 to 11:00 a.m., and other times at the residence.
Haizlip Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Obituary courtesy of High Point Enterprise (NC) - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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