Josephine Leonard Dennis' Obituary
Josephine Isabelle Leonard Dennis, 95, of Albemarle, NC, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2023 in her home. Her funeral service will be 2pm Thursday, June 1, 2023 in the Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care Chapel of Albemarle with Rev. Joseph Leonard officiating. A burial will follow in Fairview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6pm until 8pm on Wednesday at the funeral home.
She was born June 2, 1927 in Wake County, NC to the late Joseph Cleveland Leonard and Jesse Elizabeth Winston Leonard. Josephine retired from Dun-Rite Cleaners, and she had previously worked with Boone Laundry. She was a member of Hill Street Church of God.
Josephine was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Leroy Dennis. She is survived by a son, Michael Leroy Dennis (Connie) of Albemarle, NC; three daughters, Linda D. Boone (George) of Albemarle, NC, Delores D. Poplin (Louie) of New London, NC, and Cynthia D. Merritt (Tony Clark) of Norwood, NC; two brothers, Rev. Joseph Leonard (Diane) of Goldsboro, NC and David Leonard (Sandra) of Lincolnton, NC; three sisters, Ina Stancil of Salisbury, NC, Priscilla Cutts of Henderson, NC and Marion Capel (Rev. Don) of Bessmer City, NC; fifteen grandchildren; thirty-one great-grandchildren and twenty-one great-great-grandchildren. Josephine was also preceded in death by two grandsons, Steven Dale Surratt and Kevin Ray Lundy, Sr. and a sister Grace Leonard Johnson.
Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle is serving the Dennis family.
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