Martha Ann Ledbetter, 79, Clarksville, passed on with many of her loved ones by her side, Wednesday, August 10, 2011, at Vanderbilt Medical Center.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Forest Street United Methodist Church with the Rev Thomas Dowdy and Dr. John Michael Jones officiating.
Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home and from 12:00 P.M. until the hour of the service Saturday at the church building.
Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Martha was born on November 1, 1931 in Clarksville, Tennessee, son of the late Richard Thomasson and Hattie Thomasson. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Francis Ledbetter, brothers, James Thomasson, Richard Thomasson, Charles Thomasson, and Bobby Thomasson, and a sister Addie Lou Sayle.
Martha was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a devout member of the Forest Street United Methodist Church and diligent in her prayers for others. Martha also served homebound members through the church tape ministry.
She is survived by her daughter, Carolyn (Tom) Vertrees; son, Dale (Marty) Ledbetter; grandchildren, Elizabeth (Jon) Shepherd, Thomas (Summer) Vertrees, Michelle (Austin) Harris; Greg (Beth) Ledbetter and David Ledbetter; great grandchildren, Jenna and Ryan Shepherd, Daniel and Wesley Vertrees.
Pallbearers will be Austin Harris, David Ledbetter, Greg Ledbetter, Jon Shepherd, Thomas Vertrees and Houston Ellis.
Memorials may be made in her name or to the Forest Street United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 416 Church Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences may be made at www.neal-tarpley.com