WINDSOR – Johnnie Bruce Hoggard, age 65 of the 700 Block of Mt.  Olive Road, Windsor, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at his home.

He was born August 12, 1945 in Bertie County to the late Johnny Woodrow Hoggard and Thelma Miller Hoggard.

He was a member of Republican Baptist Church, a member of the Army National Guard and was a truck driver for over forty years, the last 28 years at Freeman Metal Products in Ahoskie.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Republican Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Edgewood Cemetery. Rev. J.N. Worsley will officiate.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Kathy Leary Hoggard of the home; a stepdaughter, Teresa Miller; brothers, Herman Hoggard of Windsor, Therman Hoggard and his wife, Nancy, of Windsor and Sherman Hoggard and his wife, Judy, of Greenville; grandchildren, Jamie, Jessica and Christopher; and great grandchildren, Kaelyn, Hunter and Madisyn.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Friends and family may send online condolences to www.garrettjonesfh.com.

Garrett-Jones Funeral Home of Ahoskie is serving the Hoggard family.