Patty Bowling Leighton , age 91, peacefully passed away on January 13, 2025. She was born June 28, 1933, in West Virginia, to the late Emory Bowling and Bertha Blevins Bowling.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Rick Raines, and four sisters.

Those left to cherish her memory are her loving and devoted daughter, Vicki Raines Wills, and her husband, Lloyd Wills of Blue Ridge, Virginia; one niece, Barbara Dawes, and her husband, Mark Dawes of Beckley, West Virginia.; and great-niece, Ashlie Dawes of Beckley, West Virginia.

Graveside services will be held at 1 pm on F riday, January 17, 2025, at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the nccommunityfoundation.org, Disaster Relief Fund.