Leonard Earl Smith, 86, of Beaver Dam, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehab in Owensboro. He was born May 23, 1928, in Ohio County to the late Ira and Bertha Smith.
He was of Baptist faith and worked as a coal miner at South Wind Strip Mines.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Anderson Smith, of Beaver Dam; two sons, Timothy (Linda) Smith, of Horse Branch, and Danny (Dana) Smith, of Hartford; two daughters, Theresa (Doug) Calloway, of Beaver Dam, and Phyllis (John) Wilks, of Michigan; one sister, Velma Nelson, of Hartford; six grandchildren, Adam (Ravan) Calloway, Brittany (John) Smith, Megan (Nathan) Henderson, Stephanie (Dustan) Wagner, Angela (Cain) Pierce and Christopher (Trina) Smith and several great-grandchildren.
Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at William L. Danks Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Rev. Timothy Smith officiating. Burial will be in Carson Cemetery in Hartford. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. until the time of service Friday at the funeral home.
Online messages of condolence can be made at: www.danksfuneralhome.com.