Mr. Leon E. Bruton transitioned from this earthly life on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. His funeral will be held 12:00PM on Saturday, July 14, 2018 at New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 408 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Greensboro, NC, with Pastor William F. Wright, Jr. officiating. The visitations will start 30min prior to the service at the church. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Park.
He was born in Mt. Gilead, NC on July 26, 1934 to the late Godfrey and Mary Bruton. Leon was educated at Mt. Gilead Elementary School and graduated from Peabody High School in Troy, NC. After 26 years of dedicated service he retired from Lorillard Tobacco Company. In 1960 he was united in holy matrimony to the late Roberta M. Bruton and to this union two children were born.
In addition to his parents and his wife, Leon is preceded in death by one son, Leonard E. Bruton; one sister, Doris York and one brother, Reginald Bruton.
Left to cherish his memories are: one daughter, Linette E. Bruton of the home; one granddaughter, Jamie M. Bruton of Greensboro, NC; one brother, Fred Bruton (Ella) of Mt. Gilead NC and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Woodard Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.