Bobbie Louise Leatherwood Day, 86, of Greenville passed away on August 9, 2014 at her residence. A memorial service will be held on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Kavanaugh United Methodist Church under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Rev. Stephen Cotton officiating. A burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Bobbie was born on July 10, 1928 in Dallas to Joseph E. and Sallie A. (Winegar) Leatherwood. Bobbie graduated in 1945 from Adamson High School in Oak Cliff and in 1949 from East Texas Teachers College with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught at Thomas A. Edison elementary school in Dallas where she met her future husband, Joe Day Jr., who also taught there. They started dating and married August 30, 1951. She had three children and in 1966 the family moved to the ancestral family farm in Greenville.
Bobbie worked at the Greenville Public Library, was a faithful member of Kavanaugh United Methodist Church, and belonged to Church Women United and to AAUW.
She is survived by her husband Joe; their children, Becky Grunwald, Charles and John Day; sister, Mary Luper; granddaughters, Sarah Grunwald, Nancy Anderson and husband Louis Anderson; great-grandchildren, Luke, Hannah, Asher Anderson, numerous nieces and nephews; and two special companions, JoAnn Carter and Tonya McCoy.