Syble Ledford

Mrs. Syble Davis Ledford of Middleton departed this life at the age of 92 years Monday evening, March 11, 2013 at Centerview Healthcare Center in Brownsville.



Mrs. Ledford was born in Alcorn County, Mississippi July 5, 1920 to the late Harmon Pinkney and Sarah Earsley Celina Champion Davis. On Christmas Eve, 1935, she was united in marriage to Eutril Layton "Rusty" Ledford who preceded her in death February 1, 1969. She lived most of her life in Middleton and worked as a homemaker. She loved to be outside and raise tomatoes and push mowed her yard until she was 85 years old. She attended the First United Pentecostal Church in Middleton.



Survivors include a son, Dale Ledford and wife Martha of Brownsville; a son-in-law, Larry Wayne Cox of Middleton; seven grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren with two on the way. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Donald Ledford; a daughter, Wanda Sue Cox who died April 17, 2012; and three sisters, Matilda Allen, Emma Lou Russell and Mildred Kirk.