This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HARRIS, MOSIER, WHITTEN, GREGORY, MILLER, BILYEU, DILLINGER, BUTCHER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lNB.2ACI/4326 Message Board Post: Franklin Leon Mosier of Mineral Point, Missouri departed this life Monday, April 3, 2006 at his residence, having reached the age of 66 years, 2 months and 26 days. He was born January 8, 1940 at Potosi, Missouri, a son of the late Dea Albert and Martha (Harris) Mosier. January 14, 1961, Leon was united in marriage to Brenda Whitten at Yuma, Arizona. They shared over 45 years of marriage together. Leon was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was the founder of the Potosi Pentecostal Church where he was Pastor for 16 years and pastored the Richwoods Church prior to that. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his step-father, Dick Gregory; two brothers, David Mosier and Ralph Mosier; two step-sisters, Edith and Norma and four step-brothers, Jessie, Donald, Reese and William Gregory, Jr. Those who remain to mourn the passing of his life include his wife, Brenda Mosier, Mineral Point; three sons, Dale Mosier and wife Megan of Park Hills; Wayne Mosier and wife Margaret of Bismarck and Duce Mosier and wife Karen of Joplin; a daughter, Vickie Miller and husband Johnny of Bismarck; a brother, Harold Mosier and wife Rosie of O'Fallon, Illinois; two sisters, Bernice Bilyeu and husband Larry of Collinsville, IL, and Cleo Dillinger of Lebanon, IL; step-sister, Velma Butcher, Collinsville, IL; thirteen grandchildren; five great grandchildren; nieces; nephews; cousins and many other relatives and friends who will sadly miss him. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Britton Chapel, Potosi, Missouri with Rev. Stan Collins and Rev. Charles Williams officiating. Serving as pallbearers were: Mike Beasel, Chris Harbison, Jimmy Harbison, Mike O'Neal Mosier, Jr, and Paul Clark. Interment and final prayers were held at Hopewell Cemetery. All arrangements were entrusted to the care and direction of the Britton Funeral Home of Potosi. Independent Journal, Potosi, MO, Thursday, April 13, 2006