The funeral service for Mr. Julius Edward “Sonny” Leake, Jr. will be 2 p.m.,
Friday, February 28, 2020, at Riverwood Family, with interment at
Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is from 5-9 p.m., Thursday evening,
at Riverwood, resuming at 1 p.m. Friday until the time of the service.
Mr. Leake, 69, of Bogue Chitto, passed from this life February 26, 2020, at
Southwest Regional Medical Center. He was born in Amite County, MS
August 25, 1950, to Julius Edward Leake and Lola Wroten Leake.
He is preceded in death by his parents and sister, Johnnie Ann Brister.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Janie Leake; children,
Jason Leake and wife, Stacy, Justin Leake and wife, Katrina, Mickey Wallace,
Marsha McCaffrey and husband, Tate, all of Bogue Chitto; brothers,
Dwain Leake and wife Kay and Dudley Leake, all of Jayess; sister,
Judy Moore, of Hammond, LA; seven grandchildren, Grant Leake,
Colby Kirkland, Karly Leake, Jacob, J.T., Macie and Maddi McCaffrey,
all of Bogue Chitto; and step-father, Charles Ray Cothern, of Jayess; and
mother-in-law, Clara Reid, of Bogue Chitto. He also leaves behind his
beloved dog, Koko, and a host of nieces and nephews and other loving family members and friends.
