Marilyn Ann LeonardMrs. Marilyn Ann Cotten LeonardFuneral services for Mrs, Marilyn Ann Leonard will be on Friday, February 3, 2017, at 11:00 A.M. in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Jena, La. with Pastor Mark Breland officiating. Interment will follow at the Taylor Chapel Cemetery in Summerville, La. under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home. The family requests that visitation be observed on Thursday, February 2, 2017 from 4:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Jena, La.Mrs. Marilyn Leonard 62, of Dry Prong, La. was born on November 5, 1954, in Houston,TX. And passed from this life on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at her residence in Dry Prong. Mrs. Marilyn worked for several different companies as a House Mother/Sitter for area group homes. She loved to shop for her family.Those left to cherish in her memory include her sons, Christopher Chad and wife Leanna Desoto of Pineville, Justin Leonard of Dry Prong, Joshua and wife Lorie Leonard of Dry Prong, Jason Paul and wife Misty Arnold of Pineville, daughter, Kelsey and husband Tyler Hebert of Ottawa, IL. brothers, Larry Cotten of Tioga, Joseph Cotten of Georgetown, sister Nelda Cortez of Houston, TX. twelve grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.She is preceded in death by her parents Lonnie and Nell Loften Cotten, husband, Walter Leonard III, and great grand daughter, Serenity Hebert.Serving as pallbearers will be Jason Arnold, Roger Bennett, Larry Cotten Jr. Robert Whitehead, Blake Simon, Sammy McNeely.Special Thanks to nurse Claire and nurse Sharon and Rhonda Cotten and Jason and Misty Arnold.To extend on-line condolences to the Leonard family, please visit us at www.hixsonbrothers.com.