DOROTHY BRIDGES LEDBETTER WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 29, 1915 IN MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA.  SHE DIED ON JANUARY 4,   2013 AT THE MANOR CARE NURSING HOME IN HOUSTON TEXAS.  BEFORE RESIDING IN THE NURSING HOME SHE LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER PAT HORD IN HOUSTON.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND CLYDE MILLS LEDBETTER, HER PARENTS, CORA AND OSCAR C. BRIDGES, TWO SISTERS, HAZEL GIBSON AND LESSIE GRIFFITH; TWO NEPHEWS, JERRY GRIFFITH AND DANIEL HUGH LEDBETTER (DAN) AND SON-IN-LAW JAMES ALLEN HORD.

SHE WAS A SHELBY RESIDENT FOR MOST OF HER LIFE WHERE SHE WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF LAFAYETTE ST. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.  SHE MOVED TO TEXAS IN 1999 TO LIVE WITH HER DAUGHTER.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER; PATRICIA LEDBETTER HORD OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, GRANDDAUGHTER; TERESA HORD OF HOUSTON, TEXAS  GRANDSON; ALLEN HORD, WIFE KIMBERLY AND THEIR CHILDREN, EMILY AND MELISSA OF KATY, TEXAS.  SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A SISTER; HESTER MCSWAIN OF JACKSONVILLE, FL., FOUR NIECES; SUE CHAMBERLAIN (CHARLES), KATHY LOVEDAHL (PETE), SANDRA CARLSON (RUSSELL) AND JANIE WRAY LEDBETTER AND TWO NEPHEWS; RAY MCSWAIN (POLLY) AND BOBBY GRIFFITH.    SHE IS SURVIVED BY A NUMBER OF GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

THERE WILL BE A VISITATION AT CECIL BURTON FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 FROM 12PM UNTIL 2 PM FOLLOWED BY A GRAVESIDE SERVICE AT 2:30 PM AT CLEVELAND MEMORIAL PARK, OFFICIATED BY DR. THOMAS STEAGALD.

DORTOTHY LOVED CHILDREN AND KEPT QUITE A FEW OVER THE YEARS FOR WORKING PARENTS.  SHE LOVED TO TRAVEL, READ AND BAKE CAKES, AND WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HER GERMAN CHOCOLATE, FRESH COCONUT AND LEMON BUTTERMILK CAKES.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AT MANOR CARE NURSING HOME IN HOUSTON AND ALTUS HOSPICE FOR THEIR LOVING CARE.

FOR THOSE DESIRING, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN DOROTHY’S NAME  MAY BE MADE TO THE LAFAYETTE STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AT 1420 S. LAFAYETTE ST., SHELBY, N.C. 28152 OR TO ALTUS HOSPICE AT 11233 SHADOW CREEK PARKWAY #123, PEARLAND, TEXAS 77584.