Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lula Dodds Ledbetter October 1901
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(Cedartown Standard, October 24, 1901)
Mrs. Lula Dodds Ledbetter, Cedartown lost a good woman in the death of Mrs. 
Ledbetter, wife of Mayor L. S. Ledbetter, which occurred Monday morning about 9 
o’clock. She had been in feeble health for some time, but had been dangerously 
sick only a week. Her death was a sad blow to her family, as it was a keen 
surprise to all, many friends in the city not even knowing of her serious 
illness. The news spread rapidly through the city, and several messages to 
absent relatives and friends announced the sad intelligence to many homes in 
the state. Expressions of sympathy and the tender of kindly ministrations came 
from a large circle of sorrowing friends, and everything possible was done to 
lighten the grief of the stricken family. The interment of the remains was 
delayed till yesterday afternoon on account of the absence of the oldest son, 
Mr. Calvin R. Ledbetter, who is in business in Little Rock, Ark. He arrived 
Wednesday morning to take a last view of the face that had been to him a 
comfort and loving inspiration in life. Funeral services were held at the 
Methodist church at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon in the presence of one of the 
largest gatherings that ever attended a funeral in Cedartown. The church was 
elaborately decorated, the choir rendered some touchingly appropriate music, 
and the pastor, Rev. T. R. McCarty, assisted by Rev. F. L. McFadden of the 
Presbyterian church and Rev. C. K. Henderson of the Baptist church, conducted a 
fitting memorial to the memory of this Christian lady. The church was crowded 
to its capacity, the funeral cortege embracing the members of the City Council, 
the City School Board, the Water and Light Commission, and the City Fire 
Department. The interment occurred at the family lot in the city cemetery, 
surrounded by a large number of relatives and a host of sympathizing friends. 
The active pallbearers were Messrs: T. F. Burbank, Jud Crabb, J. R. Barber, J. 
W. Barr, R. B. Parks and Dr. B. F. Sims; the honorary pallbearers being Capt. 
J. A. Peek, Judge C. G. Janes and Cola, J. H. Sanders, W. K. Fielder, W. C. 
Bunn and W. W. Mundy. Mrs. Lula Dobbs Ledbetter was born about forty-seven 
years ago in VanWert near Rockmart, and on the death of her mother in 1869, she 
came to Cedartown with her brothers and sister, and grew to charming young 
womanhood at the home of her uncle and aunt, Capt. And Mrs. C. Philpot. On Feb. 
10, 1875, she was happily married to Dr. L. S. Ledbetter, a rising young 
dentist and the two have ever been loving companions. They have resided here 
ever since their marriage and seven children have blessed their union, two of 
whom are dead. Deceased was a sister of Messrs, Jos. H., John W., Jas., A. and 
Cal Dobbs and Mrs. R. H. Marchman whose family relations number a wide circle 
of kinsmen in Cedartown and elsewhere. She is survived by a devoted husband, 
and five loving children, Calvin, Rena Mae, Fannie, Loulie and Louis, all of 
whom have the sincerest sympathies of its host of friends in their irreparable 
loss and sad bereavement. Mrs. Ledbetter was a lifelong member of the Methodist 
church and was always an active participant in church work. Her taking away 
will occasion keen regret in the ranks of the Missionary and Aid Societies, and 
all feel that the church and community have lost a noble Christian and a good 
woman. (Cedartown Standard, October 24, 1901) 


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