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Willa M. Leigh 1934-2025

WARREN -- Willa Marie Leigh, 91, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, at Gillette Nursing Home.

She was born May 27, 1934, in Cassity, W.Va., the daughter of Robert Fox and Carrie Belle Fincham Fox.

Marie, as she was affectionately known, was a 1952 graduate of Coalton High School. She enjoyed reading, puzzles and gardening, and attended Wildare Church.

Marie was a homemaker and over the years she worked at Ohio Lamp and Kmart.

She is survived by her sons, Joseph (Tuesday) Leigh and Jim (Bonnie) Leigh, both of Warren; grandsons, Adam (Vangjola) Leigh and Matthew (Kristle) Leigh; granddaughter, Cara (Kevin); and great-grandchildren, Zoe, Emilia, Gemma, Zachary and Eryn.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Claire Davis Leigh, and 12 brothers and sisters.

Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, at the Carl W. Hall Funeral Home, where Raymond Gill will officiate.

Friends may call 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

She will be laid to rest next to her husband in Crown Hill Burial Park, Vienna.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests any material contributions be made to Wildare Church or Warren First Assembly in her memory.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Carl W. Hall Funeral Home.

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