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Genevieve <I>Rathbone</I> Ledford

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Genevieve Rathbone Ledford

Birth
Fines Creek, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Nov 2005 (aged 89)
Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Clyde, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Genevieve Rathbone Ledford, 89, died Monday, November 28, 2005, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late Richard and Etta Rathbone. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Christine Ledford Holland, and a son, Gus David Ledford. Mrs. Ledford was a member of Belmont Baptist Church and enjoyed quilting and gardening. She is survived by her husband of 75 years, William Ledford of Fines Creek; two daughters, Louise Sutton and her husband Robert of Candler and Anna Jean Henson and her husband Sam of Canton; one son, Joe Ledford and his wife Jessie of Canton; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 until 1:50 p.m. at the church prior to the service. Serving as pallbearers will be Dewayne Ledford, Matthew Swanger, Damon Swanger, Sammy Joe Henson, David Holland and Jeff Foster.

Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 486 East Marshall St., Waynesville, NC 28786.

Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services of Waynesville is in charge of arrangements. For those who desire, an on-line memorial register is available at Obituaries at www.wellsfuneralhome.com

Source: The Enterprise Mountaineer, Waynesville, NC
Genevieve Rathbone Ledford, 89, died Monday, November 28, 2005, at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. She was the daughter of the late Richard and Etta Rathbone. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Christine Ledford Holland, and a son, Gus David Ledford. Mrs. Ledford was a member of Belmont Baptist Church and enjoyed quilting and gardening. She is survived by her husband of 75 years, William Ledford of Fines Creek; two daughters, Louise Sutton and her husband Robert of Candler and Anna Jean Henson and her husband Sam of Canton; one son, Joe Ledford and his wife Jessie of Canton; eight grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 until 1:50 p.m. at the church prior to the service. Serving as pallbearers will be Dewayne Ledford, Matthew Swanger, Damon Swanger, Sammy Joe Henson, David Holland and Jeff Foster.

Memorials may be made to Meals on Wheels, 486 East Marshall St., Waynesville, NC 28786.

Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services of Waynesville is in charge of arrangements. For those who desire, an on-line memorial register is available at Obituaries at www.wellsfuneralhome.com

Source: The Enterprise Mountaineer, Waynesville, NC


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  • Maintained by: Jan
  • Originally Created by: Ann Kent
  • Added: Dec 5, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31965621/genevieve-ledford: accessed ), memorial page for Genevieve Rathbone Ledford (29 Mar 1916–28 Nov 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31965621, citing Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, Clyde, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jan (contributor 47953053).