Louisville, Kentucky
Judith Johnston Leonard
1946 — 2023
Judith Johnston Leonard, 77, Executive Director and Co-founder of Appalachian Mission Initiative Incorporated, and the beloved wife of Barry E. Leonard, deceased, passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Louisville, KY. Judith (Judy), was born July 7, 1946, in Greensboro, North Carolina, to the late Robert Lee and Edna Bray Johnston. She met and married her beloved husband, Barry, while at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, and most of their 52+ years of marriage were spent in Kentucky. While living in Richmond, Kentucky, Dr. Leonard retired from the College of Business &...