Juanita Chapman Leonard

Marilyn Juanita Chapman Leonard, age 70 of Lexington, passed away on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at Lexington Health Care Center.

A graveside service will be held at 11am on Saturday, April 1 ^st in the Mausoleum Chapel at Forest Hill Memorial Park officiated by Rev. Doug McGee.

Visitation with family and friends will be held at Davidson Funeral Home in Lexington from 10am until 11am prior to the service and other times at the home of her sister, Marquita Burkhart on Happy Hill Road.

Juanita was born on December 18, 1952 in Davidson County to Melvin Thomas Chapman and Ruby Lee Barker Chapman.  She retired from Lexington Furniture and attended First Pentecostal Holiness Church.  Juanita was a sweet, caring, loving woman and she will be dearly missed but carried in our hearts forever.

Left to cherish her memory are her son, Jason Leonard; sisters, Lolita Wright (Dennis) and Marquita Burkhart (Danny); nieces and nephews, Tiffany Everhart (Tracey), Shane Beauchamp, Josh Beauchamp (Susan), Brandy Byrd (Jeff) and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the staff at Lexington Health Care and Hospice of Davidson County for the loving care they gave to Juanita.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Parkinson’s Foundation or Hinkle Hospice House, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292.