Charles Leonard

Charles J. Leonard HAYMARKET, Va. Charles J. Leonard, 63, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on April 30, 2010, at the Heathcote Health Center, Haymarket. Born Oct. 20, 1946, in Bristol Virginia, he was the son of the late William and Blanch Fleenor Leonard. On Dec. 15, 1967, in Fairfax, Va., he married the former Dottie Watts, who survives. Mr. Leonard was a member of the local Washington Area Carpenter's Union, No. 1665. He also was a long-time member of the Manassas Assembly of God, where he coached the Men's Church Softball team for over 15 years. Although disabled due to juvenile diabetes, Mr. Leonard continued his love for sports mostly through watching his grandchildren compete, which was his greatest joy. Surviving, besides his beloved wife of 42 years, Dottie Leonard of Haymarket; are one daughter, Tonia Stalker and her husband Robert of Haymarket; two sons, Chuck Leonard and his wife Michelle of South Riding, Va., and Michael Millard of Bristol Virginia; five sisters, Margaret Denton and her husband Avery, Pauline Denton, Cynthia Monk, Jean Harless and her husband Jerry and Bernice Jackson, all of Bristol Virginia; one brother, Donald Leonard and his wife Linda of Bristol Virginia; and five grandchildren, Andrew, Evan and Nathan Stalker, and Grace and Reese Leonard. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Hershel Leonard and William Leonard, both of Bristol Virginia. The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 6, 2010, from 7-9 p.m. at the Baker-Post Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 10001 Nokesville Road, Manassas. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Friday, May 7, 2010, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Tom Moore of Manassas Assembly of God officiating. Interment will follow at 1:30 p.m. at Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle, Va. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Baker-Post Funeral Home & Cremation Center, under the direction of Michael Post. Please sign the guestbook at www.bakerpostfh.com