Ernestine Leonard was born on December 16,1936, to the late Mose Sr. and Ernestine Leonard in Birmingham, Alabama. She is the third oldest of twelve children.

Ernestine, affectionately known as Bobbie, was educated by the Birmingham City School System, where she proudly obtained her High School Diploma from Parker High School.

While attending Parker High School, Bobbie met the love of her life Mr. Charles H. Veasey Sr. Charles, and Bobbie wed in Holy matrimony on December 16,1956, and to this union, six children were born. The couple relocated to Cleveland, Ohio in 1961.

Bobbie was employed with Pine Lake Trout Club for 17 years. After she departed from Pine Lake, she became a full-time “babysitter” to her grandchildren and great grandchildren which she may have fussed about but enjoyed tremendously.

Bobbie loved cooking delicious meals, cleaning, listening to music, and telling her grandchildren stories about her earlier years. Anyone that knew her knew she had an amazing sense of humor. She made her entire family laugh with her exaggerated facial expressions and all her funny sayings. She was kind, generous, and compassionate She loved her entire family, despite their quirks. She worried about them, and always kept on loving them.

In 2015 Bobbie re-dedicated her life to Christ at United Faith Church, where she would attend church service frequently until her physical health began to decline. Bobbie gained her angel wings on March 20, 2022

She is preceded in death by; her husband Charles Veasey Sr. her parents, Mose Sr., and Ernestine Leonard; her older sister Leola Branch and five brothers Mose Jr., Michael, Howard, Winston, and Anthony Leonard.

Ernestine “Bobbie” is survived by her children: her stepdaughter Brenda Malone of Farmington Hills MI, Carolyn Veasey, Charles Veasey Jr, Donna Veasey-Warner, Joyce Veasey, Gerald (Trinette) Veaseyand Yolanda Veasey all of Cleveland, Ohio; one brother Larry Leonard of Birmingham AL, three sisters Delinda Leonard, Virgina Cain of Cleveland, OH, and Rhonda (Larry) King of Birmingham AL. Fourteen grandchildren and host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.