Mary Josephine Ladd Folger, 84, died Monday, September 5, 2011 following an extended illness.
Graveside services at Williamsport Cemetery where her husband and several generations of Mrs. Folger’s family are interred.
Born March 16, 1927, in the Williamsport Community, she was the daughter of the late Emery and Josephine Kinzer Ladd. She attended Woodrow School and was a 1945 graduate of Columbia Central High School and a 1949 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University. After college, she taught high school in Culleoka and Palatka, Florida.
On October 2, 1955, she married James Worth Folger, an engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority in a lovely ceremony at Williamsport Methodist Church where she attended since childhood.
Following Mr. Folger's death September 16, 1970, she maintained a warm, welcoming home in Columbia. She devoted herself to rearing her daughters until each graduated from Vanderbilt University. Throughout her life she gave thoughtful care to several elder relatives.
Until ill health intervened, Mrs. Folger was active member of First United Methodist Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, James K. Polk Memorial Association, Maury County Chapter, APTA, Maury County Historical Society, and other community organizations. She was also a Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary volunteer for a number of years.
Survivors include her daughters, Lora Ladd Folger of Denver, Colorado and Jo Beth Folger (Tom) Anderson of Los Altos, California; grandchildren, James Thomas Folger Anderson and Townsend Ladd Folger Anderson of Los Altos, California; brother-in-law, Albert Knott of Williamsport;
In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Ladd Knott.
Abridged from Columbia Daily Herald 6 Sep 2011.
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An Ancestry.com Family Tree has Mary Josephine Ladd, born 16 Mar 1927 in Maury County, TN to George Emery Ladd and Josephine Lee Kinzer, died 9 May 2011 in Columbia, Maury County, TN.
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1930 Census, taken 26 Apr 1930, has George E Ladd, 36, farmer on own farm, married at 27 to Josephine, 36, married at 27, living in 1st Civil District, Maury County, TN. Children are: Elizabeth, f, 6 and Mary J, f, 3y 1m. Also in the household is mother Fannie, 59, married at 23 but now a widow.
Tennessee Marriage Records have James Folger, 28, born 4 Feb 1927, from Columbia, TN, and Mary Jo Ladd, 28, born 16 Mar 1927, from Williamsport, Maury County, TN, married on 2 Oct 1955 in Maury County, TN.
US Public Records Index, Vol 1 has Mary J Folger, born 16 Mar 1927, living in Columbia, TN in 1993.
US Social Security Death Index has Mary J Folger, born 16 Mar 1927, died 5 Sep 2011. Last residence was Columbia, TN.
Graveside services at Williamsport Cemetery where her husband and several generations of Mrs. Folger’s family are interred.
Born March 16, 1927, in the Williamsport Community, she was the daughter of the late Emery and Josephine Kinzer Ladd. She attended Woodrow School and was a 1945 graduate of Columbia Central High School and a 1949 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University. After college, she taught high school in Culleoka and Palatka, Florida.
On October 2, 1955, she married James Worth Folger, an engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority in a lovely ceremony at Williamsport Methodist Church where she attended since childhood.
Following Mr. Folger's death September 16, 1970, she maintained a warm, welcoming home in Columbia. She devoted herself to rearing her daughters until each graduated from Vanderbilt University. Throughout her life she gave thoughtful care to several elder relatives.
Until ill health intervened, Mrs. Folger was active member of First United Methodist Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, James K. Polk Memorial Association, Maury County Chapter, APTA, Maury County Historical Society, and other community organizations. She was also a Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary volunteer for a number of years.
Survivors include her daughters, Lora Ladd Folger of Denver, Colorado and Jo Beth Folger (Tom) Anderson of Los Altos, California; grandchildren, James Thomas Folger Anderson and Townsend Ladd Folger Anderson of Los Altos, California; brother-in-law, Albert Knott of Williamsport;
In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Ladd Knott.
Abridged from Columbia Daily Herald 6 Sep 2011.
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An Ancestry.com Family Tree has Mary Josephine Ladd, born 16 Mar 1927 in Maury County, TN to George Emery Ladd and Josephine Lee Kinzer, died 9 May 2011 in Columbia, Maury County, TN.
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1930 Census, taken 26 Apr 1930, has George E Ladd, 36, farmer on own farm, married at 27 to Josephine, 36, married at 27, living in 1st Civil District, Maury County, TN. Children are: Elizabeth, f, 6 and Mary J, f, 3y 1m. Also in the household is mother Fannie, 59, married at 23 but now a widow.
Tennessee Marriage Records have James Folger, 28, born 4 Feb 1927, from Columbia, TN, and Mary Jo Ladd, 28, born 16 Mar 1927, from Williamsport, Maury County, TN, married on 2 Oct 1955 in Maury County, TN.
US Public Records Index, Vol 1 has Mary J Folger, born 16 Mar 1927, living in Columbia, TN in 1993.
US Social Security Death Index has Mary J Folger, born 16 Mar 1927, died 5 Sep 2011. Last residence was Columbia, TN.
Mary Josephine Ladd Folger, 84, died Monday, September 5, 2011 following an extended illness.
Graveside services at Williamsport Cemetery where her husband and several generations of Mrs. Folger’s family are interred.
Born March 16, 1927, in the Williamsport Community, she was the daughter of the late Emery and Josephine Kinzer Ladd. She attended Woodrow School and was a 1945 graduate of Columbia Central High School and a 1949 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University. After college, she taught high school in Culleoka and Palatka, Florida.
On October 2, 1955, she married James Worth Folger, an engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority in a lovely ceremony at Williamsport Methodist Church where she attended since childhood.
Following Mr. Folger's death September 16, 1970, she maintained a warm, welcoming home in Columbia. She devoted herself to rearing her daughters until each graduated from Vanderbilt University. Throughout her life she gave thoughtful care to several elder relatives.
Until ill health intervened, Mrs. Folger was active member of First United Methodist Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, James K. Polk Memorial Association, Maury County Chapter, APTA, Maury County Historical Society, and other community organizations. She was also a Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary volunteer for a number of years.
Survivors include her daughters, Lora Ladd Folger of Denver, Colorado and Jo Beth Folger (Tom) Anderson of Los Altos, California; grandchildren, James Thomas Folger Anderson and Townsend Ladd Folger Anderson of Los Altos, California; brother-in-law, Albert Knott of Williamsport;
In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Ladd Knott.
Abridged from Columbia Daily Herald 6 Sep 2011.
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An Ancestry.com Family Tree has Mary Josephine Ladd, born 16 Mar 1927 in Maury County, TN to George Emery Ladd and Josephine Lee Kinzer, died 9 May 2011 in Columbia, Maury County, TN.
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1930 Census, taken 26 Apr 1930, has George E Ladd, 36, farmer on own farm, married at 27 to Josephine, 36, married at 27, living in 1st Civil District, Maury County, TN. Children are: Elizabeth, f, 6 and Mary J, f, 3y 1m. Also in the household is mother Fannie, 59, married at 23 but now a widow.
Tennessee Marriage Records have James Folger, 28, born 4 Feb 1927, from Columbia, TN, and Mary Jo Ladd, 28, born 16 Mar 1927, from Williamsport, Maury County, TN, married on 2 Oct 1955 in Maury County, TN.
US Public Records Index, Vol 1 has Mary J Folger, born 16 Mar 1927, living in Columbia, TN in 1993.
US Social Security Death Index has Mary J Folger, born 16 Mar 1927, died 5 Sep 2011. Last residence was Columbia, TN.
Graveside services at Williamsport Cemetery where her husband and several generations of Mrs. Folger’s family are interred.
Born March 16, 1927, in the Williamsport Community, she was the daughter of the late Emery and Josephine Kinzer Ladd. She attended Woodrow School and was a 1945 graduate of Columbia Central High School and a 1949 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University. After college, she taught high school in Culleoka and Palatka, Florida.
On October 2, 1955, she married James Worth Folger, an engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority in a lovely ceremony at Williamsport Methodist Church where she attended since childhood.
Following Mr. Folger's death September 16, 1970, she maintained a warm, welcoming home in Columbia. She devoted herself to rearing her daughters until each graduated from Vanderbilt University. Throughout her life she gave thoughtful care to several elder relatives.
Until ill health intervened, Mrs. Folger was active member of First United Methodist Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, James K. Polk Memorial Association, Maury County Chapter, APTA, Maury County Historical Society, and other community organizations. She was also a Maury Regional Medical Center Auxiliary volunteer for a number of years.
Survivors include her daughters, Lora Ladd Folger of Denver, Colorado and Jo Beth Folger (Tom) Anderson of Los Altos, California; grandchildren, James Thomas Folger Anderson and Townsend Ladd Folger Anderson of Los Altos, California; brother-in-law, Albert Knott of Williamsport;
In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Ladd Knott.
Abridged from Columbia Daily Herald 6 Sep 2011.
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An Ancestry.com Family Tree has Mary Josephine Ladd, born 16 Mar 1927 in Maury County, TN to George Emery Ladd and Josephine Lee Kinzer, died 9 May 2011 in Columbia, Maury County, TN.
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1930 Census, taken 26 Apr 1930, has George E Ladd, 36, farmer on own farm, married at 27 to Josephine, 36, married at 27, living in 1st Civil District, Maury County, TN. Children are: Elizabeth, f, 6 and Mary J, f, 3y 1m. Also in the household is mother Fannie, 59, married at 23 but now a widow.
Tennessee Marriage Records have James Folger, 28, born 4 Feb 1927, from Columbia, TN, and Mary Jo Ladd, 28, born 16 Mar 1927, from Williamsport, Maury County, TN, married on 2 Oct 1955 in Maury County, TN.
US Public Records Index, Vol 1 has Mary J Folger, born 16 Mar 1927, living in Columbia, TN in 1993.
US Social Security Death Index has Mary J Folger, born 16 Mar 1927, died 5 Sep 2011. Last residence was Columbia, TN.
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