Individual Details

Kate Fair

(24 Aug 1920 - 18 Aug 2011)

Kate Fair Ledbetter, 90, died Aug. 18, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–Golden Triangle. Services are Monday at Calvary Baptist Church in Macon with Larry Corder and Greg Duncan officiating. Burial will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery in Macon. Visitation is today from 5-8 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon. 

Mrs. Ledbetter was born Aug. 24, 1920, in Gordo, Ala., to the late Arthur Green and Trinnie Bell Moss Fair. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Helen Strickland and Mary Williams; brothers, Jessie, Laverne, B.B., Howard and Avery Fair. 

She is survived by her husband, Houston L. Ledbetter; daughter, Gloria Tidwell of Petal; sons, Calvin L. Ledbetter of Pensacola, Fla., and Jerry G. Ledbetter of Aberdeen; sister, Lucille Boswell of Macon; nine grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Published in Commercial Dispatch from August 19 to August 21, 2011 

Events

Birth24 Aug 1920Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama
Census (family)-shared4 Apr 1930(Arthur Green Fair and Myrtie Ida Reece) Raleigh, Pickens County, Alabama
Death18 Aug 2011Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
Obituary19 Aug 2011Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi
BurialOdd Fellows Cemetery, Macon, Noxubee County, Mississippi

Families

SpouseHouston Laverne "Slim" Ledbetter (1923 - 2012)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherArthur Green Fair (1882 - 1950)
MotherTrannie Bell Moss (1885 - 1926)
SiblingAlva McCloud Fair (1907 - 1908)
SiblingJessie Fair (1909 - )
SiblingHiram Fair (1912 - )
SiblingClaude Laverne Fair (1914 - )
SiblingLiving
SiblingHelen Fair (1918 - 2002)
SiblingLiving

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Arthur G FairHeadM48Alabama
Myrtie FairWifeF37Alabama
Jessie FairSonM21Alabama
Hiram FairSonM18Alabama
Leland L FairSonM16Alabama
Bartly B FairSonM14Alabama
Helen FairDaughterF12Alabama
Kate FairDaughterF10Alabama
Lucile FairDaughterF7Alabama
Jessie BeardStepdaughterF17Alabama
John H BeardStepsonM15Alabama
Savilla M BeardStepdaughterF13Alabama

Obituary

Mrs Kate Fair Ledbetter
Titles and TermsMrs
Event TypeObituary
Event Date19 Aug 2011
Event PlaceColumbus, Mississippi, United States
GenderFemale
Age90
Relationship to DeceasedDeceased
Birth Date24 Aug 1920
BirthplaceGordo, , Alabama
Death Date18 Aug 2011
Spouse and Children
Houston L LedbetterHusbandMale
Gloria TidwellDaughterFemale
Calvin L LedbetterSonMale
Jerry G LedbetterSonMale
Parents and Siblings
Arthur GreenFatherMale
Trinnie Bell Moss FairParentUnknown
Helen StricklandSisterFemale
Mary WilliamsSisterFemale
Jessie FairBrotherMale
Laverne FairBrotherMale
B B FairBrotherMale
Howard FairBrotherMale
Avery FairBrotherMale
Lucille BoswellSisterFemale
Others on Record
Larry CorderNon RelativeMale
Greg DuncanNon RelativeUnknown

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3KCF-PN2 : accessed 16 May 2017), Arthur G Fair, Raleigh, Pickens, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 1B, line 100, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 46; FHL microfilm 2,339,781..

2. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQN2-D2S : 20 May 2014), Kate F Ledbetter, 18 Aug 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..

3. "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5T-YF64 : 14 September 2016), Mrs Kate Fair Ledbetter, Columbus, Mississippi, United States, 19 Aug 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text..

4. Find A Grave Memorial# 75330071.