Rev. Leonard Bunch, 74, of Black Oak, died Sunday, April 4, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis.

He was born in Black Oak, but lived in Jonesboro most of his life. He also lived in Piggott before moving back to Black Oak four years ago.

He was a long-time Baptist minister who founded and pastored several Baptist churches in Northeast Arkansas. He was also a retired salesman and a member of the New Hope-Black Oak Baptist Church near Caraway.

Rev. Bunch was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Bunch; a brother, M.G. Bunch; and his parents, Charlie and Myrtle McHalffey Bunch.

He is survived by his wife, Annette J. Bunch of the home; two sons, Lynn Bunch of Little Rock and Tim Bunch of Jonesboro; one daughter, Sherri Gray of Paragould; three step-daughters, Carla Swan of Bay, Janie Ellis of Searcy, and Cindy Adams of Russellville; two step-sons, Darrell Jones of Kensett and Ricky Jones of Harrisburg; one sister, Inez Weaver of Shreveport, La., one brother, Monroe Bunch of Jonesboro; four grandchildren, Carson Bunch, Stephanie Gray, Justin Gray and Branddon Gray; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 6 in Emerson Memorial Chapel in Jonesboro.

Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery in Jonesboro with Emerson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

For lasting memorials, the family asks that consideration be given to the New Hope-Black Oak Baptist Church near Caraway, or to the Black Oak Baptist Church in Black Oak.