Nora Louise Leonard, age 79, of Bristol, TN passed away on Friday, May 24, 2019 at Ballad Hospice House. She member of Bethel View Baptist Church where she loved working with the kids in church. She loved to garden and all the flowers that the garden produced. She was known at “Nanny Lou” or Granny to all the children she helped. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie William and Alice Rosenbalm Cross and children, Lisa Leonard and Bobby Lynn Leonard. Survivors include her husband of 57 years, James R. Leonard; sons, Ronald William Pullon, James Dwayne Leonard and Michael Ray Leonard and wife, Robin; brother, Raymond Stanley Cross and wife, Charline; granddaughter, Jennifer Slagle and four great-grandchildren, Gracelyn, Emmett, Haylee and Hannah and special cousin, Brenda Walsh. The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Bethel View Baptist Church with Rev. Andy Wood officing. Burial will follow in Gunnings Cemetery. Pallbearers will be family and friends. The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 7:00 P.M., Tuesday at the funeral home. Condolences and memories may be left for the family at akardfuneralhome.com Akard Funeral Home, (423) 989-4800 is serving the Leonard family. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Nora Louise Leonard please visit our Sympathy Store.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Nora Louise Leonard December 16 1939 May 24 2019.
Death notice for the town of: Bristol, state: Tennessee