Leon Castle
Died: Monday, December 19, 2005
Age: 72

JOHNSON COUNTY — Leon Castle, 72, of Wittensville, died Monday, Dec. 19, at King's
Daughters Medical Center, Ashland.

Born April 4, 1933, in Johnson County, he was a son of the late Monroe and Margie
Stambaugh Castle. He was a retired coal miner.

Survivors include his wife, Golda Green Castle of Wittensville; two sons, Richard
Castle of Wittensville, and Douglas Leon Castle of Columbus, Ohio; three daughters,
Brenda Vanhoose of Nippa, Betty Rowland and Kimberly Rice, both of Lowmansville; two
brothers, Robert Castle of Auxier and James Monroe Castle of Paducah; three sisters,
Betty Wright and Doris Caudill of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, and Vina Vickers of
Wilksbourgh, N.C.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, at George's Creek United Baptist
Church. Burial will be in Castle Family Cemetery, Brown's Fork, Lowmansville, under
direction of Jones-Preston Funeral Home, Paintsville.

Friends may call Wednesday, Dec. 21, after 11 a.m. at the funeral home and Thursday,
Dec. 22, until time of service at the church.

Big Sandy News
Wednesday
Dec.21 2005