Leona R. Willoughby

In Obituaries by OC Monitor Staff

BEAVER DAM, Ky. — Leona R. Willoughby, 79, passed away Monday, July 29, 2019, at Hospice House of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born in Ohio County, Kentucky, Sept. 19, 1939, daughter of the late Oscar and Winona Taylor Shephard.

Leona was a member of Slaty Creek Baptist Church, was a manager at Cowden Manufacturing and KFC, also retired from Long John Silvers, where she was a manager.

She was preceded in death also by her husband, Gerald Lee Willoughby; her son, Paul Willoughby; and brother, Ralph Shephard.

Survivors include her daughter, Patricia Seifert (Harry); grandchildren, Russell Seifert, Jessica Seifert, and Jacqualine Taylor; brother, Eddie Shephard (Pat); sister, Betty Fulton; and sister-in-law, Sheryl Shephard.

Services will be 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, at Bevil Bros. Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Bro. Wendell Sandefur officiating. Burial will follow in Slaty Creek Cemetery in the Prentiss Community of Ohio County. Friends may visit with the family from 11 a.m. until time of service Thursday.

The family request that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at: bevilbrosfuneralhomes.com.