Obituaries
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Dennard, Leila and Charles

April 15, 2024


In Memoriam


Mrs. Leila Marie Willis Dennard (December 1, 1944 – April 15, 2023) and her husband of 47 years, Mr. Charles McKinley Dennard (May 17, 1944 – December 25, 2012), the family will make a donation to a giving organization in their memory. From your sons, other family, and friends, you are forever in my sunlight, forever in my moonlight, forever in our hearts.

Love, Michael and Edward

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