A memorial service for Leonard Charrier will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 13, 2014 in the chapel of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home in Bunkie with Danny Wright officiating. Friends may visit with the family from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at 10:30 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.

Leonard Charrier, age 72, passed away on October 8, 2014 in Dixie Regional Hospital in St. George, Utah. Leonard was born and raised in Bunkie.

Leonard was preceded in death by his parents; Paul and Nora Nicholson Charrier; paternal grandparents, Louis and Denise Charrier; maternal grandparents, Willie and Irma Nicholson. He also was preceded in death by his brother, John Floyd, Robert David, and Louis D. Charrier and his sister, Julia C. Banks.

Family remaining to mourn his death are his four sons; Robert Charrier and wife of Bunkie, Mark Charrier and Johnny Gant of Jonesville, and Paul Charrier of Morgan City; his sisters, Janeita C. Townsend of Cheneyville and Beverly C. Dupre' of St. Sandry and several nieces and nephews.

Leonard was a history buff, amateur archeologist, and most certainly a treasure hunter. He studied old maps and documents to locate lost treasures. His most important and famous one is the Tunica Treasure. He also studied the changes in the course of the Mississippi River and helped locate the wrecked ship; The Ben Shrod in Mississippi. He was living in Utah where he was exploring lost and buried treasures of the Spanish. Many locations he explored were in Arizona and Utah.

Leonard and Ms. Sue Eakin were very close friends. They both were interested in LA History and discussed many changes in the course of rivers and how it affected early settlers and Indian tribes. Ms. Eakin was a close mentor to Leonard and showed him how to study maps and river directions.