Leland 'Sonny' Creech

Leland “Sonny” Creech 80 of Jeffersonville, IN passed away on Monday afternoon December 30, 2024, at his home.

He was born on August 26, 1944, in Scottsburg, IN to Sherman W. and Thelma June Renschler Creech.  Leland was a Navy veteran; a member of the Memphis Christian Church and a retired employee of the Army Corp of Engineers having worked for 33 years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wives, Carol Creech and Connie Creech, daughter, Lori Ann Hobbs, sister, Evelyn Bodem, and brothers-in-law, Gene Warman, Charles Gray, and Lee Bodem.

Survivors include his, brother, Loren Creech of Nabb, IN; sisters, Carolyn Gray of Kent, IN, Mari Ann Warman of Hanover, IN, step son, Corey Tessmer of Lexington, KY; grandchildren, Katelyn Tessmer of Sellersburg, IN, Savannah Tessmer of Charlestown, IN, Blake Tessmer of New Albany, IN, Noah Tessmer of Shelbyville, IN, Ashley Sumner of New Albany, IN; great-grandchildren, Emerson Graham, Colson Sumner and Iyla Sumner.

Life Celebration Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at Grayson Funeral Home in Charlestown with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery in New Washington.  Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday and after 11:00 a.m. on Thursday.