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- [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 23 Aug 1939.
Fidele Ledford obituary
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Wayn E Ledford
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 17, Sevier, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1921
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Enumeration District Number: 20
Family Number: 72
Sheet Number and Letter: 4A
Line Number: 31
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2271
Film Number: 2342005
Digital Folder Number: 4547919
Image Number: 00998
Household Gender Age
Parent Fidelles Ledford M 60
Philip D Stiles M 23
Parent Beatrice E Stiles F 19
Fred L Ledford M 15
Wayn E Ledford M 9
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 12 Jul 2011.
Wayne E. Ledford, of Quakertown and formerly of Philadelphia, PA, and Sevierville, TN, died Saturday, July 9, 2011, at his home. He was 91.
He was the husband of the late Anna E. (Rhoads) Ledford who died June 15, 2007.
Born in Sevierville, Tenn., he was the son of the late Fidella and Haley (Roberts) Ledford. He was a 1941 graduate of Pfeiffer Junior College (now Pfeiffer University), Misenheimer, N.C., and a 1943 graduate of the Merchant Marines Academy, Kings Point, N.Y..
A U. S. Merchant Marines Veteran of World War II, he was a member of the Wallace Willard Keller American Legion Post No. 242, Quakertown, Pa. Mr. Ledford worked as the power house engineer for Philadelphia State Hospital (Byberry), Philadelphia, Pa., for 37 1/2 years until retiring in 1982.
He was a member of St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ, Perkasie, Pa., and a former member of the First United Methodist Church of Sevierville, Sevierville, Tenn.
Mr. Ledford was a member of the Frankford Masonic Lodge No. 292, Philadelphia.
He is survived by a son, Wayne Roy Ledford, of Quakertown, Pa.; and a sister, Ioa Sharp, of Pigeon Force, Tenn. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Lorraine A. Ledford, in February 2011, and 11 brothers and sisters.
Family and friends are invited to attend his Memorial Services to be held Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at 10 a.m. in St. Andrew’s United Church of Christ, 615 East Walnut Street, Perkasie, PA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church of Sevierville, 214 Cedar Street, Sevierville, TN 37862, or to Pfeiffer University, 48380 U.S. HWY 52, Misenheimer, NC 28109.
Arrangements are by the Bernard Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch St., Perkasie, PA.
www.suessfuneralhome.net
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