Leonard G. Carrier, 82, of 114 Maplewood Drive, Lancaster, died Thursday, Feb. 7 at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lexington.
Born Jan. 13, 1926, he was the son of the late Jesse and Mattie Cobb Carrier. He was retired from Lexington Quarry, a World War II Army veteran serving from April 1944 to June 1946, a member of Lancaster Baptist Church and Lancaster Lodge #104 F&AM, and a Kentucky Colonel.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Nancy Ray.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys Goins Carrier; one daughter, Peggy Foley of Lancaster; two grandchildren, Brian (Amy) Foley of Brodhead and Jamie (Kevin) Fields of Lancaster; three great grandchildren, Aidan and Gavin Foley and Hannah Fields; three brothers, Jessie (Nellie) Carrier, Jr. and OÃNeal (Lois) Carrier both of Lancaster, and Harold (Betty) Carrier of Somerset; five sisters, Elsie Broaddus, Dorothy (Curtis) Grider both of Lancaster, Betty Edgington of Crab Orchard, Bertie Kirkpatrick of Danville, and Gladys (Donnie) Ray of Louisville; and several nieces and nephews.
