IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Leona Overstreet
English
August 3, 1931 – October 16, 2023
Leona Overstreet English, 92, went to be with the Lord, on Monday, October 16, 2023. She was the wife of the late John Clarence English.
Born in Union Hall, Virginia, on August 3, 1931, she was a daughter of the late Nellie Mae Walker and John Harrison Overstreet. She retired in 2000 from the Franklin County School system in housekeeping at the high school. Leona attended Free Saints Holiness Church in Union Hall.
She is survived by a daughter, Sheryl English Burke; two grandchildren, Sam Burke and wife, Kelly and Sandy McBride and husband, Steve; five great-grandchildren, Katie Hill and husband, Joel, Emily McBride, Stephen McBride, Jr. and fiancée, Heather, Erin Daloni and husband, Jack, and Samuel Burke, Jr.; and six great-great-grandchildren, Mason Hill, Jackson Hill, Grayson Hill, Waylon McBride, Ashlynn McBride, and Joan Daloni; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by a daughter, Wanda English Law; a son-in-law, Jim Burke; and 14 brothers and sisters, Belva Barbour, Hampton Overstreet, Georgia Boothe, Gordan Overstreet, John Overstreet, Mary McCrickard, Aaron Overstreet, Era Poisson, Algie Heath, Richard Overstreet, Gladys Johnson, Rebecca Landsdown, Betty Martin, and Walker Overstreet.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., on Friday, October 20, 2023, at Liberty Baptist Church by Rev. Dr. Rusty Small. The burial will follow at 3 p.m., in Franklin Memorial Park, 21440 Virgil Goode Hwy., Rocky Mount, VA 24184.
The family will receive friends at Liberty Baptist Church one hour prior to the service.
The family would like to express their gratitude to Debbie Hodge, Dale and Wayne Burge, Quanisha Booth, and Carol Lukehart and the staff of Babcock Manor for their care of Leona.
In lieu of flowers please consider memorial donations to Liberty Baptist Church, Backpack Program, 1709 Church St., Appomattox, VA 24522, American Cancer Society, c/o Sharon Mobley, PO Box 1084, Appomattox, VA 24522, or the Alzheimer's Association of Central Western VA, 355 Rio Road West, Suite 102, Charlottesville, VA 24151.
Robinson Funeral and Crematory is serving the family. An online condolence may be sent by visiting www.robinsonfuneral.com.
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