Paul Willis Leach

Paul Willis Leach, age 80 of Purgitsville, WV, passed away Friday, January 25, 2008 at Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, MD. Born January 3, 1928 in Petersburg, WV he was the son of the late Wilbur & Annie (Calhoun) Leach. He was a veteran of the US Navy, a graduate of Berea College and received a Master?s from the University of Michigan. He worked for NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center and was a mathematician for the N.S.A. at Ft. Meade. Surviving is his wife, Violet A. (Barbe) Leach; a son, Greig Willis Leach of Richmond, VA; a daughter, Barbara Leach Rohrer of Castle Rock, CO; four grandchildren, Austin Willis Leach, Kerrigan Leach, Neal Rohrer & Kelsee Rohrer; a sister, Irene Siler of Martinsburg, WV; a sister-in-law, Edna Barbe Wood and husband Bill of Moorefield, WV. Funeral Services will be conducted 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the Fraley Funeral Home in Moorefield with Pastor Darlene Myers officiating. Interment will follow at the Old Pine Cemetery, Purgitsville, WV. The family will receive friends from 6 ? 9 PM Monday at the Fraley Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the Berea College, CPO 2216, Berea, KY 40404 or to On Earth Peace Assembly, PO Box 188, New Windsor, MD 21776.