Frances (Frankie) Hamilton Leachman – 102 of Lebanon, KY passed away on July 28, 2020 at home.

She cherished her Catholic faith, all of her family and all of her friends.  She held a deep pride in her God above, her Hamilton family and extended families, and matching wits with her bridge mates.  She attended St. Augustine High School and St. Helena's Business College.

She married Walter E. Leachman, Sr. in 1947 and moved from Lebanon to Springfield where she delightfully raised four children before moving to Lebanon in 1957 where her husband was manager at K.U.   She worked at the Tax Commissioner's Office, K.U. for twenty-five years, and enjoyed playing bridge sometimes three days a week with other avid ladies for over 80 years.  She was an active member at St. Augustine all her life (formerly active in the PTA and Altar Society) and as of late participated in adoration and the St. A Social.    She volunteered at the Community Service Center and the Spring View Gift Shop.   She was an avid UK sports fan and loved her Wildcats.  She loved having a beautiful well-kept yard with colorful flowers.  She was an awesome seamstress for her family and was a 4-H leader in sewing.  Her simple means of enjoying life included regularly visiting the library to get books to read.  Some of her little regular sayings will be sorely missed…for garden seed, I love you mostest, goodnight Irene, time for a big orange and a smidgeon.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter E. Leachman, Sr., parents, William and Martha Young Hamilton, sisters (Irene Beaven, Catherine Hamilton, Mary Rose Heffernan, Virginia Bunch and Flaget Raby), brothers (Richard, Louis, Joe).  Survivors include sister Dorothy Jacobson; her children, Marti Pearce (Tom) from Bowling Green; Sue Hill Brodt (Ed) from Louisville; Judy Cornett (Larry) and Walter Leachman (Sandy) both from Lexington; 7 grandchildren: Katie, Leslie, Philip, Matthew, Jeremy, Sarah and Michael; and ten great-grandchildren.

Her funeral service will be on Saturday, August 01, 2020 at 11:00 AM at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Interment to follow in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4:00-8:00 P.M. Friday, July 31, 2020 at Bosley Funeral Home with a prayer service that will be held at 7:00 P.M.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Augustine School.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the funeral home is restricted to 50% capacity. Visitors paying their respects will be asked to wait during busy period until others leave before entering the funeral home. Food or beverages are not permitted at this time. Face masks are required to enter the facility.