Leonard Sowards, Jr

Leonard Sowards, Jr. of Campbellsville, son of the late Leonard Sowards, Sr. and Cordia Bryant Sowards, was born April 17, 1932 in Fayette County, Kentucky. He died at 9:45 P.M., Wednesday, July 5, 2017 in Campbellsville. Age: 85 He professed faith in Christ and was a member of First United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict having served his country honorably in the United States Army. Leonard was a retired electrical supervisor with R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company where he was one of the first employees hired and the last employee to leave when they closed the plant. He loved his family, his country and his church. He was an avid sports fan and a well-known athlete in Lexington. He united in marriage to Susan Ross July 23, 1972. Besides his wife, Susan Ross Sowards of Campbellsville, he is survived by three sons and three daughters: Suzanne Sowards Grubesic and husband, Matt of Campbellsville, George Robert Mateyoke and wife, Jennifer of Richmond, Scott Sowards and wife, Renee of Lake Mary, Florida, Leonard Matthew “Bo” Sowards and wife, Carrie of Midway, Patricia Sowards and partner, John Mondelli of Lexington and Kathy Sowards and husband, Grant Reeher of Manlius, New York; several grandchildren and nieces and nephews; one sister, Terry Sue Rice of Elizabethtown; one sister-in-law, Sara Sowards of Harrodsburg and many other relatives and friends. He was also preceded in death by one brother and two sisters: Jimmy Sowards, Joyce Angelucci and Myrtle Norvell. VISITATION: 12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M., Saturday FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home by Dr. Neil Salvaterra BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery with full military honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY REQUESTED TO BE DONATIONS TO FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT & RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME