Raye Ledbetter

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Mrs. Raye Ledbetter, 89, of Blytheville, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2016 at her home.

Raye was born in Blytheville to Charles and Mary (Hardin) Lucius. She was a retired cafeteria worker at Blytheville High School. Raye was a member of Gosnell Baptist Church where she was a longtime Sunday school teacher. She liked to cook and loved her family. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rayon Ledbetter; her parents; great-great grandchildren, Joey and Jonas Jones and Josslyn Jones; brothers, Sonny and Buddy Lucius; and sister, Shirley Lane.

Raye leaves her daughter, Kathy Parker and her husband Michael of Hernando, Mississippi; sisters, Jewell "Sissy" Sanders of Cherokee Village and Jeanie Leveque of Blytheville; granddaughters, Michelle Jones and Milynda Richardson; and great- grandchildren, Jered Jones, Marley Richardson, and Mason Mullins.

Funeral services will be Thursday, December 1 at 10:00 a.m. in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Eddie Clemons officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 5-7 p.m. at Cobb Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.cobbfuneralhome.com.