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Leonard Companies' History
“Westover”Lebanon, Virginia
Leonard Companies, Ltd., began in 1954 with the sharecropping of .7 acre tobacco from the Frank Wysor farm and $700.00 in receipts. “Westover” is owned by the Leonard family: David A., Mary, David A. II, and Sarah. Custom machinery, sheep dipping, and 4-H projects promoted the purchase of 4 acres in 1958. The Company managed purebred livestock sales from offices in Charlottesville, VA, in states from Maine to Florida and west to South Dakota from 1963 to 1975. The farms purchased beginning 1961 and comprising of 9 tracts totaling 1050 acres plus leased acreage, produce feeder cattle, and quarter horses. The Company began diversifying in 1969 into commercial real estate and banking.
The equine facility is now located on our 400 acre quarter horse division headquarters in Hansonville, VA.
• Moved offices to Lebanon – 1974
• Business developed 1968 – 2004
• 1968 Tastee Freeze Restaurant
• 1975 Hen House Laundry
• 1977 Buggy Bath Car Wash
• 1978 Hitchin’ Post Western Wear
• 1979 Long John Silver’s, Lebanon, VA
• 1981 Big A Market (ACME)(First competitive grocery store in Russell County)
• 1982 Hardee’s, Lebanon, VA
• 1990 Convenience/gas – Hansonville, VA (EXXON)
• 2003 Hansonville Properties, Ltd.
• 2004 Designer Wood Tile & Finishing
• Sites developed for:
• Discount Tire
• Vencille Corporation
• Kiser Trucking
• BB&T bank (formerly Peoples Bank)(Thank you Larry Sykes)
• Pizza Town
• First Bank & Trust Company (east branch)
• (Sunoco) convenience store
• Pioneer Restaurant
• Pals' Lebanon, VA location
• O'Reilly's Auto Parts
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