Monday, August 31, 2009

William Buckner Ledbetter 1844-1929


WILLIAM BUCKNER LEDBETTER WAS BORN IN TENNESSEE IN 1844 AND DIED AT THE HOME OF HIS SON JOHN LEDBETTER NEAR SWEDEBORG SEPT 22 1929- BEING 85 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.

HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JULIA ROAM ABOUT 1863 AND TO THIS UNION 15 CHILDREN WERE BORN, SEVEN SONS AND EIGHT DAUGHTERS,. HIS WIFE AND 5 CHILDREN PRECEDED HIM TO THE SPIRIT WORLD.

MR LEDBETTER OBEYED THE GOSPEL WHEN ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD UNDER THE PREACHING OF ELDER J. J. LANE AND DIED AS HE HAD LIVED TO THE CAUSE OF CHRIST.

HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIM 4 SONS AND 8 DAUGHTERS JOE MAY LEDBETTER OF CROCKER, HETTIE MANES OF ALMA ,ARKANSAS, ANNIE BROWN OF CROCKER, JOHN AND TOM LEDBETTER OF SWEDEBORG, MOLLIE HARRISON OF RICHLAND,
ROSA MCDOWELL OF OSSAWATOMIE, KANSAS, PEARL HARRISON OF KANSAS CITY, BOB LEDBETTR OF CROCKER, AND LULA LANSING OF OSSAWATOMIE KANSAS, AND A NUMBER OF GRANDCHILDREN- BESIDES OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS

- BESIDES HIS OWN CHILDREN HE REARED 2 GRANDCHILDREN


FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE WRITER AT THE HICKORY GROVE CHURCH MONDAY SEPT 23RD, AFTER WHICH HE WAS LAID TO REST IN THE SILENT CITY OF THE DEAD NEARBY:
THERE TO AWAIT THE GREAT TRUMPET AT WHICH TIME ALL THE
SLEEPING NATIONS OF THE DEAD WILL COME FOURTH. THEY THAT
HAVE DONE GOOD, TO LIFE ETERNAL: THEY THAT HAVE DONE EVIL
TO EVERLASTING SHAME AND CONTEMPT.
AND NOW WE BOW OUR HEADS IN HUMBLE SUBMISSION TO HIM WHO
DOETH ALL THINGS WELL, AND UNTIL THAT GREAT DAY DEAR
FATHER FAREWELL.
R. F. MONEYMAKER
CROCKER NEWS

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