Robert “Bobby” Frank Leonard, 65, a resident of Belington passed from this life Oct. 15, 2024, at Tygart Valley Health and Rehabilitation in Belington and under the care of Mountain Hospice.
He was born March 27, 1959, in Warren, Ohio, a son of the late Norman Leonard and Hazel Bennett Taylor Leonard.
Mr. Leonard was born with Down Syndrome. From a young age, he resided in several care facilities and for the last 20 years, he was a resident of Good Samaritan of Barbour County, now known as Tygart Valley Health and Rehabilitation.
He had never married.
Left to cherish his memory are five siblings, Ret. Sgt. 1st Class E7 82nd Airborne, Larry Lambert of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Stanley Taylor, Jr. of Elkins, Bill McCauley Gilbert, Sr. and wife, Lori of Chardon, Ohio, Nancy Draa and husband, Paul of Warren, Ohio, Nora Lambert and husband, Bob of Mill Creek; and several nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Clem Bennett and Nora Lambert Bennett of Cherry Grove; paternal grandparents, Jerry Leonard and Mary Ague Leonard of Farmington, Ohio; a sister, Ruth Barry O’Brien; and a sister-in-law, Zorina Lambert.
The family’s request for cremation was honored.
A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Oct. 29 in the Brick Church Cemetery in Huttonsville with Pastor Frank Stanley officiating. Interment will follow next to Bobby’s mother.
Send online condolences to the family at www.therandolphfuneralhome.com.
The Randolph Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.
