Leonard Dewey Warnick s/o Ezra and Lucinda (Bowser) Warnick spend his early years as a resident of Garrett County. Born in the coal mining town of Hubbard, West Virginia he spent his boyhood in several different mining towns in West Virginia and Maryland. In 1938 he met and married the late Eileen (Friend) Warnick. Their original home was in the mining town of Vindex. Leonard worked in the Maryland coal mines until his entry into the Navy in 1942. While he was in naval training, Eileen moved to Middle River, Maryland to work at the Martin Marietta airplane factory. As with so many families, after the end of the war, Leonard and Eileen stayed in the Essex/Middle River area where they raised their family. To Leonard and Eileen the mountains were always "up home". Some of my earliest and fondest memories are of frequent trips and vacations with them... "to the mountains", to visit friends and family. They did, in fact, instill in me a tremendous love for "up home". Though Leonard's health had declined in recent years he was able to direct his affairs and care for himself until very recently. For the last year he had resided with one of his granddaughters where he lived comfortably until the Lord called him home. He passed quietly this past Sunday. Services will be on Wednesday 8/16 at the Durst Funeral Home in Oakland, followed by interment at the George Cemetery in Swanton. Leonard was preceded in death by his wife Eileen (2002). He is survived by Norma Jean (daughter), a son, 6 grand children, and 3 great grandchildren. Tim Jewell (grandson)