Leonard Calvin Baxley

Leonard Calvin Baxley, 79, of Johns Island, South Carolina, husband of Linda Lysaght Baxley entered into eternal rest Wednesday, October 23, 2019. His funeral service will be held Sunday, October 27, 2019 in J. Henry Stuhr Inc., West Ashley Chapel, 3360 Glenn McConnell Parkway at 1:30 p.m. Interment with military honors will follow at Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. in the West Ashley Chapel.

Leonard was born January 28, 1940 in Blackville, South Carolina, one of 10 children of the late Alfred Clifton Baxley and the late Myrtle Beatrice Collins Baxley. He was an Army veteran and a retired truck driver. He was a member of Teamsters Local 509. Leonard loved to plant and tend a garden for vegetables to give away and keep. He also loved anything to do with fishing, harvesting seafood and sweet tea. Leonard was never without a sweet tea. He was a member of Johns Island Presbyterian Church and American Legion Post 147.

Leonard is survived by his wife of 57 years, Linda; two sons: Steven Leonard Baxley (Angelique) and Scott Allen Baxley (Jamie); and six grandchildren: Stevie Baxley (Jenni), Kyle Baxley (Hazel), Tiffany Baxley, Brittany Baxley, Leah Narowski and Breanna Baxley; two great-grandchildren: Maverick Baxley and Stella Baxley; three siblings: Junior Baxley, Dwight Baxley and Patricia Leverette; and his beloved dachshund "Oscar Meyer".

The family would like to give special thanks for the wonderful treatment that Leonard received while at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, N. Charleston, SC 29406.