MRS. LEOLA HEARD WAS BORN MAY 10 OF 1938 IN THE COUNTY OF MARION IN ALABAMA. FOR MANY YEARS SHE WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS AT THE OLD HEALTHTEX FORMERLY LOCATED IN THE GUIN AREA. SHE HAD 5 SONS, WHO SHE RAISED WELL. SHE WAS MARRIED TO GARY HEARD WHOM IS ONE OF MANY SHE HAS LEFT BEHIND. SHE HAS 1 BROTHER, 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. 

SHE IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH WITH HER MOTHER LOUELLA STEWART AND FATHER JOHN E. STEWART, ALSO SHE HAS REUNITED WITH HER SISTER JOHNIE MAE WALLACE, NIECE BETHANY WALLACE, AND SEVERAL OTHER LATE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.  

TO US SHE WAS THE ANCOR THAT HELD OUR SHIP STEADY YOU WILL FOREVER BE MISSED.