A retired chief operations officer with Borden Chemical Co., he died at noonSunday, March 18, 2007, at Our Lady of theLakeRegionalMedicalCenter. He was 65, a resident of Prairieville and a native of Houma. Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East chapel, 11000 Florida Blvd., on Tuesday, March 20, from 11 a.m. until religious service at 1:30 p.m. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. He is survived by his wife, Martha Payne Leonard; daughter, Catherine Leonard; son, Brian Leonard; brother-in-law, Tom Adams; and niece, Sarah Adams. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert and Sadie Leonard; and sister, Judi Adams.