Matilda Jane (Long) Ledford, age 87, of Blue Ridge, passed Friday, October 1, 2021.
She was born June 8, 1934, in Dial, to her late parents, Coleman and Senia (Farmer) Long. Jane was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church. Jane was preceded in death by her daughter, Yvonne McNelley; sisters, Carrie Conley, Myrtle Long, Grace Painter, Betty Cochran and Willie Farmer; and brothers, John, Frank and Bunyon Long.
She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Thurston Eugene “Gene” Ledford, of the home in Blue Ridge; daughters, Monica Denise Ledford, of Cherry Log, and Joan Ledford Hembree, of Suwanee, Georgia; son-in-law, Richard McNelley, of Blue Ridge; grandchildren, Brandon Hembree, Ryan Hembree, Vanessa McNelley, Wesley McNelley and Chandler Ledford; sisters, Ruby Boone, of McDonough, Georgia, and Ruth Hawkins, Murphy, North Carolina; great-grandchildren, Hannah, Juliet, Sadie, Eliza and Grady Hembree, Eva McNelley and Rylie Springer; and nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at 2 p.m. at the Logan Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Monica D. Ledford and speaker Vanessa McNelley officiating.
Interment will follow at the Boardtown Church of Christ Cemetery. The family received friends Tuesday, October 5, 2021, from noon until 2 p.m. at Logan Funeral Home and Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s association in memory of Jane Ledford.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.loganfuneralhome.com.
Logan Funeral Home and Chapel was in charge of arrangements.