February 7, 2004

Leon Tomberlin

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Leon J. Tomberlin, 78, of Mound City died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Miami, Fla., son of James Emory and Stella Leonard Tomberlin. Tomberlin was a retired pipefitter and was a member of the Plumbers Local No. 519 in Miami...

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Leon J. Tomberlin, 78, of Mound City died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

He was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Miami, Fla., son of James Emory and Stella Leonard Tomberlin.

Tomberlin was a retired pipefitter and was a member of the Plumbers Local No. 519 in Miami.

He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet. Tomberlin was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.

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Survivors include his wife, Mary Tomberlin of Mound City; one son, Roger Tomberlin of Covington, La.,; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.

Friends may call at 10 a.m. Monday until the time of service at Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday, with Dr. Larry L. Potts officiating. Burial will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens in Villa Ridge with military honors by the Pulaski County VFW Post 8891 of Mounds.

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