Extracted from The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
Wednesday, December 31, 1969

Services Set For Executive

Leonard B. Billingsly, 67, of 5239 Edmondson, president of the L. B. Billingsly Investment Co., died Monday in Springfield, Mo., while on a business trip.

A native of Farmersville, Collin County, he had lived in Dallas for the past 52 years.

Billingsly founded the Glo Cleaning System, a franchise laundry operation, and had extensive real estate holdings in Texas, Florida and Missouri. He was listed in the 1958 issue of ``Texas Men of Achievement,'' and was an active member of the Texas Game Fishing Club.

Survivors, all of Dallas: Daughter, Mrs. J. Leon Walkup; three brothers, Alfred Billingsly, W. C. Billingsly and C. D. Billingsly; four sisters, Mrs. Akin LaGard, Mrs. James Neathery, Mrs. T. B. Hawkins and Mrs. Maude Drain; and two grandsons.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Chapel, 7405 W. Northwest Highway. Burial will be in Calvary Hill Cemetery.