Ledbetter Cemetery

LEDBETTER CEMETERY
THROCKMORTON CO.TEXAS
By Patti Pattillo


Located in Throckmorton Co.on State Hwy 283,about 3 miles north of Fort
Griffin State Park,just passed the Shackelford Co.line. Turn
west at cemetery sign.Here you will have to get out and open a gate,
as it is on private land with loose livestock. The landowner
requests that you close the gate behind you.Follow road about 1 mile.
It is a family cemetery with connections to the Ledbetter,Shelton,and
Perkins's.There are,however,about two burials that are not related to
these families.A chainlink fence surrounds the cemetery and is very
well maintained.


NAME                      BIRTH          DEATH           REMARKS

BRADFORD,CARROL           02/17/1928   03/21/1928

FRANKLIN,MELISSA LANELL   12/28/1965   04/16/1983  "MISSY"
                                                    HOME BY TWELVE

LEDBETTER,CLIFTON C.      00/00/1913   00/00/1937   "OUR LOVE GOES
                                                     WITH YOU"

LEDBETTER,DOROTHY COMER   04/26/1922   12/09/1994      
LEDBETTER,MORRIS EDWARD   03/15/1919   09/10/1999   VETERAN WWII
(obit)
Morris E.Ledbetter,80,died Friday,September 10,1999,at his home.
Services will be Monday at 10a.m.with Rev.John Tunnell and Dr.Lawrence
Clayton officiating,directed by Godfrey-Neese Funeral Home.Burial will
be in Ledbetter Cemetery. Mr.Ledbetter was born in 1919 in Throckmorton
County.He served in the Medical Corps of the Army during World War II.
He married DOROTHY COMER in Fort Worth in 1942. She preceded him in
death in 1992. He was a rancher and an independent oil contractor. He
was also one of Albany's fine local historians. He was a member of
First Baptist Church.He later remarried to LYDIA CARRION in 1998.
Survivors include his wife;a daughter,TALOU CAIN of Albany;three step-
children,RUBY MARQUEZ,LYDIA MARQUEZ,AND GEORGE MARQUEZ,all of Abilene;
and a grandson. Memorials may be sent to the Watt Mathiews Memorial
Fund at Hardin-Simmons University or to the charity of your choice.

LEDBETTER,KIRK            00/00/1868   00/00/1925   "FATHER"

LEDBETTER,MARY GERTRUDE   12/06/1889   05/21/1978

LEDBETTER,MELBORN         09/09/1916   02/14/1920   SON OF W.H.and
                                                    M.G.LEDBETTER

LEDBETTER,WADE H.         02/06/1889   04/04/1928

MOBERLEY,GERTRUDE S.      01/06/1920   11/27/1991   MARRIED 07/28/1940
MOBERLEY,RAY W.           11/13/1919   07/11/1990   VETERAN WWII

MORROW,MARGARET LOYS      no dates     01/06/1931   DAU.OF DOYLE and
                                                    MARY MORROW
                                                    "OUR BELOVED BABY"

NEWCOMB,WARREN            no dates     03/27/1932   SON OF DOYLE and
                                                    HIXIE NEWCOMB

NICHOLS,BILLY GENE        03/31/1929   12/22/1990   VETERAN WWII
NICHOLS,MARTHA SUE        02/05/1932   10/29/2002
(obit)
Funeral services for Martha Sue Nichols,a 70 year-old Breckenridge
resident,were held at 2p.m.Friday,Nov.1,at Morehart Mortuary.The Rev.
Jody Sanders and the Rev.Don Clevenger officiated.Burial was in the
Ledbetter Family Cemetery in Throckmorton County under the direction
of Morehart Morturary. Mrs.Nichols died Tuesday,Oct.29,2002. She was
born Feb.5.1932,in Throckmorton County to JAMES OSBURN SANDERS and
BEULAH HIXIE LEDBETTER.She attended school in Throckmorton County.She
married BILLY GENE NICHOLS in 1949 in Throckmorton County. She attended
nursing school in 1963 at Odessa College.She worked as an L.V.N.at the
Permain General Hospital in Andrews and as a private nurse for Dr.HENRY
T.LEIGH at the Andrews Community Hospital. She was retired.Moving to
Breckenridge in 1984,she was a member of Lakeside Baptist Church and
the Lady Elks. Mrs.Nichols is survived by one son,MIKE NICHOLS of 
Breckenridge;three daughters,CYNTHIA A.HAGAN of Tulsa,Okla,BRENDA G.
STEPHENS of Odessa,and KIMBERLEY F.MILLER of Breckenridge;three sisters
LEONE CORBIN and ANNIE MAE MACKEY,both of Albany and WANDA THOMPSON of
Longview;one brother,JAMES CURTIS SANDERS of Albany;16 grandchildren;
and 18 great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents,
husband BILLY,four sisters,four brothers and one grandson.The family 
requests that memorials be made to Hospice of the Big County.Memorials
may be left at Morehart Mortuary.Pallbearers were WILLIAM NICHOLS,
ARTHUR FLOYD,ERIC MILLER,JOSH NICHOLS,MATTHEW VOLZ and KEVIN EVENS.
Honorary pallbearers were PAUL ORTEGA,JOHN LINDEN,GREG BROYLES,JIM
FITCH,A.W.GOLDEN,KEITH WILSON and EDDIE BLACKBURN.

PERKINS,JEWELL            03/24/1907   06/24/1979
PERKINS,LITT R.           07/31/1896   11/18/1980

SANDS,FRANK               no dates     01/21/1921   DIED AT FT.GRIFFIN,
note:                                               TEXAS. "FIRE"
is listed with wife MARY on 1880 Shackelford Co.Census
Birthplace NY.Was about 80 years old when he died.

SANDERS,BEULAH            00/00/1891   00/00/1986   "MOTHER"
SANDERS,JAMES D.          00/00/1885   00/00/1955   "FATHER"

SANDERS,CLIFFORD D.       11/04/1929   10/03/1995   "BELOVED FATHER"

SANDERS,JOE E.            09/25/1933   03/11/1974   "SON" PFC.US.ARMY

SHELTON,JAMES M.          00/00/1862   00/00/1927
SHELTON,MARTHA J.         00/00/1875   00/00/1972

SHELTON,JOE               03/24/1907   08/18/1995   MARRIED 02/14/1937
SHELTON,LOUISE E.         02/15/1916   no dates

SHELTON,WYLIE T."PETE"    00/00/1901   00/00/1981



 

   

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