Dorothy Leach Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Dorothy Leach of Wilson, North Carolina, who passed away on August 7, 2020, at the age of 93, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her husband H. L. Leach (Roy); her parents, Pauline Farmer and Wade High Pridgen, Sr.; her brothers, Herbert Warren Pridgen (Delanie) and Wade High Pridgen, Jr. (Gwen); her niece Lynda Pridgen Malpass; her nephews, Richard Wade Pridgen and Richard Leroy Leach; her cousins, Virginia Sasser Conley, Mary Conley Gill, A. C. Joyner, Richard Joyner, Catherine Lewis Reynolds, Elizabeth Lewis Savage, Eldie Lewis Von Miller, Ellen Pridgen Batts and Donna Lynn Pridgen; her aunts and uncles, Nora Farmer Joyner, Etta Farmer Lewis, Gretchen Pridgen Morris, Willard Pridgen (Lucille) and Harry Alton Pridgen (Mary Ellen); her mother-in-law Louise Conley Leach; and her brother-in-law Robert Hugh Leach (Fran).

She is survived by: her daughter Julia Leach Matthews (Lee); her grandchildren, Philip Lee Matthews and Tiffany Matthews Thorne (Jarrett); her great grandchild Eden Olivia Thorne; her brother Donald Farmer Pridgen (Glenyce); her sister-in-law Elizabeth Leach Hardison (David); her nieces and nephews, Kent Pridgen (Shellie), Sherry Pridgen Andras, Donald Scott Pridgen, Jennifer Pridgen Williams (York), Robert Hugh Leach, Jr. (Jane), Karen Elizabeth Hardison (Amy) and David Bruce Hardison (Joann); and her cousins, Thomas Bruce Conley (Deckie) and Eloise Conley Gardner.

Memorial flowers are welcome as are donations to the children's and youth programs of First Christian Church, P. O. Box 2702, Wilson, N.C. 27894.