LEON CHAPMAN

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Graveside services for Leon Chapman, 95, of Winnsboro, were held February 13, 2016 in Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Winnsboro. Mr. Chapman passed away on February 9, 2016 in Quitman. He was born on July 2, 1920 in Madill, OK., to the late Reuben Joseph and Helen Avo Fox Chapman. He was retired firefighter after thirty years of service with the Lubbock Fire Department. He was a member of the Winnsboro Church of Christ. Preceding him in death are his parents; his loving wife, Elsie Boatman Chapman, and his only brother, Floyd Chapman. Survivors include son, David Chapman and Karen of Lavon; four daughters, Helen Parsons and Homer of Cross Plains, Judith Nerren and Jimmy Mac of Houston, Linda Stringer and Robert of Irving, Deena Johnson of Benton, AR.; twelve grandchildren, and numerous great and great-great-grandchildren.