Leigh Anne Baliles Meighan

On April 15, 2024, Leigh Anne Baliles Meighan completed her worldly mission at a youthful 60 years of age. She passed suddenly and unexpectedly from natural causes at her home in Asheville NC, in order to greet her Lord and Savior in the heavenly, eternal realm.

She was the youngest of four children born to Paul and Carolyn Baliles, both ministers, who instilled within her a deep and ever present love for God since before she could walk. You would always catch her with a smile on her face, highlighted by dimples that would cause you to lose your footing and sink in to. She spent her younger years working for the US Department of Defense at Pratt & Whitney, where she played an integral role in maintaining and upholding national security (believe us, we’ve asked, and she wouldn’t spill the beans), and later as a nurse. Both of which she thoroughly enjoyed as they provided her with fun, exciting, and meaningful work.

She never seemed to run low on compassion or insightful advice. Her children will forever miss her home cooked meals, particularly her beef stroganoff, her hoarding of craft supplies with which we will be making wreaths for every holiday for years to come in remembrance and as to not waste materials, her off the wall jokes that made you laugh so hard you’d wheeze, and innumerous other quirks we came to cherish. She has a namesake grand-dog, Billeigh Anne, whom she referred to as her “favorite child who never talked back”, that will certainly miss all of the snacks (mainly steak) her granny couldn’t help but sneak her. If you knew Leigh Anne, you know what a significant light has been dimmed with her passing, and the giant holes left in the hearts of the ones who loved her most.  If you didn’t have the pleasure of knowing her, had you crossed paths with her, you would have had an instant friend as she was the type who never met a stranger. She had a knack for making seemingly impossible situations feasible, and completely normal situations extraordinary.

She is survived by a daughter, Dr. Charlee Caroline Pittman (Manning SC), son Tyler Pittman (Manning SC), two grandchildren Cooper and Blythe Pittman, sister Terri Baliles Bunch (husband Johnny, of Lake Wylie SC), Tony Baliles (wife Jan, of Asheville NC), Kenneth “Kenny” Baliles (Myrtle Beach SC), as well as multiple nephews, a niece, and her long-term partner Roy Masters (Asheville NC).

With her passing, our lives have become quieter, which we know is because she’s up there talking the Big Guy’s ear off. Rest in eternal peace, Leigh—you did good in your time here on Earth.

A memorial service is being planned for the near future.

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