Donald Gene Leonard, 73

Graveside funeral services for Donald Gene Leonard, 73, of Gainesville, were held Sept. 15, 2022, in the Fowler Chapel Cemetery near Caulfield. 

He died Sept. 11, in Springdale, Arkansas. He was born Aug. 4, 1949, in St Louis to Leroy and Dorris (Duffel) Leonard.

Donald was a veteran serving in the Army during Vietnam. He moved to the Ozarks in the mid 1980s and made his home in Gainesville. 

He worked for many years as a carpenter. He also worked briefly in the water well drilling business. 

He was loved and will be missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by one daughter, Bobbie Rader of Foley, Alabama; two grandchildren: Joey McCune and wife Savannah and Krysta Rader; two great grandchildren: Greyson and Kennedy McCune; one sister, Mary Evans of Mocksville, North Carolina; and one brother, Richard Leonard.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy Leonard and Dorris Marlatt; and one brother, Jerry Leonard. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville. 

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