Leonard “Gabby” Murray Mayard Jr.
July 9, 1953 ~ December 11, 2022
ABBEVILLE — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, December 16, 2022 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Leonard “Gabby” Murray Mayard Jr., 69, passed peacefully on December 11, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. He will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery with Reverend Louis J. Richard officiating the services. Pallbearers will be Zan Beckett, Brandon Leifer, Robert Kasperski, Henry Kasperski (honorary), Caleb Mayard, Sam Mayard, Kevin Sagrera, and Steven Sagrera. The list of honorary pallbearers could go on and on, just the same as his stories.
Leonard was born in Abbeville, LA on July 9th, 1953 to Leonard Murray Mayard Sr. and Laurence Cousson Mayard. Leonard met the love of his life Tina Broussard at the young age of 21 and they married on September 13, 1975, in Abbeville, LA. A hardworking and lifelong farmer of rice, crawfish and alligator, Leonard always found time to enjoy special moments with family, grandchildren and friends. Leonard never met a stranger, as they say. He could befriend anyone, and always had great stories to tell and share. He was a distinguished archer and lover of all things rodeo and horses - a true cowboy. That is how he will be remembered. Leonard will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
He is preceded in death by his father, Leonard M. Mayard Sr.; mother, Laurence C. Mayard; and brothers, William Mark Mayard and Gary Matthew Mayard.
Leonard is survived by his wife, Tina B. Mayard; daughters Melody and husband, Michael Rayburn, and Christy Lynn Mayard; sons, Leonard Murray Mayard III and wife, Codi Mayard, Joseph Mark Mayard and wife, Adrienne Mayard; sister, Mitzi Mayard Leifer and husband, Michael Leifer; brothers, Warren Anthony Mayard and husband, Joseph McCarty, and Larry Mayard and wife, Jan Mayard; ten grandchildren, Channing Langlinais, Caleb Mayard, Madelyn Langlinais, Emma Mayard, Sam Mayard, Noah Mayard, Mally Mayard, Joshua Mayard, Zack Mayard, and Leo Mayard; and many nieces and nephews, all of whom he loved deeply.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Thursday, December 15, 2022 from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Friday, December 16, 2022 from 8:00 AM until 10:45 AM when the procession will depart for the church.
Thank you to Doctor Dobbs and his staff for giving us cherished extra years with Leonard.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.