Obituary of Leonard Paul Morman

Funeral services for Mr. Leonard Paul “Big Paul” Morman are scheduled for 2 PM Sunday, July 12, 2020 in the chapel of Golden Funeral Home with Bro. Bruce Culp and Bro. Rick McAdams officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Morman was born January 9, 1956 in Monroe, LA and passed from this walk of life surrounded by his family on July 9, 2020 in Mer Rouge, LA at the age of sixty-four. Paul was a simple christian man, a deacon at Hillview Freewill Baptist Church in Bastrop, LA and a charter member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Rayville, LA. Paul loved his family more than any of us could imagine. He loved deer hunting and he loved driving them ole trucks. He was known to his trucking friends as “ Sidewinder”. Vickie, Amanda and Jo were “his girls”. He always loved “ his girls”. Clayton, Amelia, Parker, CJ, and Maddie Sue “my grandkids” as he would say with that big ole smile on his face. Now you also have to realize those two nieces (his extra girls) and three nephews, he enjoyed them and loved them as his own. His two sisters, Sarah and Donna well remember the running joke, who was his favorite? Whichever one he was with. Paul is survived by his wife of forty-two years, Vickie Evans Morman; daughters, Ellen Amanda Simmons and husband Randall of Bastrop, LA, Joanna Lane Gill and husband Jason of Crossett, AR; sisters, Sarah Morman of Monroe, LA, Donna Morman Jones and husband Duke of Rayville, LA; five grandchildren, two nieces, three nephews and numerous friends and cousins. He is preceded in death by his parents, Mack and Sue Morman; grandparents, Houch and Josie Colson, Oscar and Annie Morman, and also his precious in-laws, Loyd and Melba Robertson. Serving the family as pallbearers are Clayton Tubbs, Nic Jones, Cole Jones, Jarrod Culver, Clay Costello, Michael Costello, Joseph Spires, George Spires, and Nathan Perot. Honorary pallbearers will be Mr. Mike Costello, Duke Jones, Gary Culver, Mer Rouge Police Department, Bulldawg Williams, Chris Dagapont, Dr. Allen Spires, Jep Butler, Jeff Lingefelt, and all his trucking buddies. A heart felt thank you to Dr. Allen Spires, Ted Parker and Med Life Ambulance and Premier Hospice. Visitation will be held from 12 noon - 2 PM service time Sunday at the funeral home.