Deborah Leonard Boling has passed into a better life and now released from her many physical challenges. Debbie was born in Galax, Virginia on March 25, 1953 to Clayton and Irene Leonard. After moving to Salem in 1967, she attended and graduated from Glenvar High School and furthered her education at Community Hospital School of Nursing to become a registered nurse. She then went on to earn her BSN from Roanoke College. Debbie worked at Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem, where her last position was head nurse in the nursery. She then accepted a position with Meade-Johnson as a medical sales rep, which took her to live in Tennessee where she met her husband. After sustaining a disabling back injury on the job, she then returned back to Salem.
She is predeceased by her husband, Robert (Bob) Boling and her parents, Clayton and Irene Leonard, as well as grandparents and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Susan and Jeff Sanders and niece April Hudson of Salem, as well as aunts, uncles, and several cousins.
For the health and safety of all concerned during the COVID-19 pandemic, only a private crypt-side service will be held at the Monta Vista mausoleum in Galax.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.johnmoakey.com.