This is a copy of the obituary that was submitted to the Madison County Record for my grandmother, Susie Jane (Wilkins) Ledford. Jeanne P.S. Thanks to all of you for your kind words and expressions of sympathy. They are greatly appreciated :) SUSIE JANE LEDFORD Former Madison County resident Susie Jane (Wilkins) Ledford, 97, passed away in Myrtle Point, Oregon, on September 11, 2000. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 on Saturday, September 16 at the First Methodist Church, Myrtle Point. Funeral services and interment will be at 11:00 A.M. September 26 at the Rock Church, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Elkins, Arkansas. She was born Jan. 2, 1903, in Thompson, Arkansas, to Marion Burgess Wilkins and Lula (Ritchie) Wilkins. She married Troy Everett Ledford October 12, 1924, on his parentsÂ’ farm in the Pinnacle area of Madison County, Arkansas. She moved with her husband and family to Kennewick in 1947. After her husbandÂ’s retirement in the late 1960s, they moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, where her husband passed away on August 22, 1971. She moved to Myrtle Point, Oregon, in 1972 to live near her daughter. A homemaker, she loved to read, watch television, piece quilt tops and crochet. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Geraldine and Smoke Wylie of Myrtle Point, Oregon; sons and daughters-in-law, Bob and LaRose Ledford of Walla Walla, Washington; J.C. and Mary Ledford of Duluth, Minnesota; Bill and Caryn Ledford of Eugene, Oregon; Cliff and Peggy Ledford of Richland, Washington; a sister, Maude Thompson of San Jose, California; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 6 great-great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Dwight Ledford; 4 brothers, and 3 sisters. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.