Virginia S. Leslie

Arden - Ella Virginia Singleton Leslie, 82, of 163 Laurel Road, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center. A native of Elizabethton, TN, she was a member of Central United Methodist Church. She was the daughter of the late William Lindsay and Emma Lou Bowers Singleton, and the widow of Louis Harvey Leslie, Jr., who passed away January 4, 1999. Surviving are her children: William Harvey Leslie and wife Monica Hayes Leslie of Waynesville and Linda Joan Ponder and husband Leland Ponder, Sr. of Arden; former daughter-in-law, Robyn Mary Leslie; and grandchildren: William Thompson Leslie and wife Heather Leslie of Raleigh, John Howard Leslie, Cade Thompson Leslie, Marin Virginia Leslie, and Leland Ponder, Jr. Graveside services will be held at 10 AM Friday in the chapel of the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, with the Rev. Christen Matlick officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the John F. Keever, Jr. Solace Center, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813, or to the Skyland Fire Department, PO Box 640, Skyland, NC 28776.