Elsie Irene (Burr) Ledbetter, age 96, of Goodlettsville, TN passed away peacefully at her home on October 04, 2020. She was surrounded by family members from across the country and numerous local loved ones who are thankful for the love and care she has provided.
Elsie Ledbetter was born on October 25, 1923 in Robertson County, TN to Arthur Holman Burr and Ruth (Ashabraner) Burr. She was the fifth of twelve children and attended the one-room Red Brick School near the Ashburn community just south of the TN/KY state line.
When she worked at E. I. DuPont Company she met Jasper Thomas Ledbetter of Clarksville, TN. In 1942, he joined the Marines and went to the Pacific Theater of WWII, while she worked as a Rosie Riveter building B-17 and B-29 bombers. He returned home when the war ended and they married shortly thereafter on December 24, 1945. They lived first in East Nashville until early 1952, when they moved to Goodlettsville and lived there for the rest of their adult lives. They were active in the Goodlettsville First Baptist Church for many years.
Elsie has been a caregiver for many children starting with her siblings, four daughters, multiple
grandchildren and one of her great-grandchildren. While numerous children have loved her, she
is best known for the strong woman she has always been. She dropped out of high school in her
teens to keep house for her father and seriously ill mother. She cooked and cared for ten of her
siblings including three preschoolers, one of whom was still nursing. She was widowed at age
49, shortly after she and Jasper moved into their new home. She worked and paid for the house
and raised their last daughter by herself. She was a widow for 47 years.
Elsie is preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a sister, Roberta Ruth Fizer; brothers,
Morris Holman Burr, Fred Clinton Burr, James Edward Burr, Billy Donya Burr, Robert Ray
Burr, David Ashabraner Burr, and Arthur Glenn Burr; and a great-grandson, Thomas Cecil
Stubblefield.
She is survived by four daughters, Barbara Joyce Head Cole of Goodlettsville, Sara Darlene
Cline (Neal) Sams of Columbia, SC, Betty Faye (Cecil) Stubblefield of Cross Plains, TN, and
Thelma Lee Parivar of Pasadena, CA; Sisters, Nancy Lorene Kidd of Springfield, TN, Betty
Rose (Bob) Callaway of Atlanta, GA, and Cora Sue Clark of Nashville; ten grandchildren,
Shell Sharem (Mike) Wheatley of Pasadena, MD, Joshua Orion (Jennifer) Cole of Nashville, TN,
Olivia Joy (Ivan) Ivanov of Hermitage, TN, Josiah Emmanuel Cole of Goodlettsville, TN, David
Joseph (Joye) Cline of White House, TN, Alys Kristen (Jamie) Blair of Lexington, SC, Amanda
Faye (Michael) Barnard of Houston, TX, Thomas Ray Stubblefield of Cross Plains, TN, Benjamin Parivar of Denver, CO, and Elika Lee Parivar of Salt Lake City, UT; 16 greatgrandchildren; and 2.5 great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Thursday, October 8 from 4-8 pm at Forest Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens at 1150 South Dickerson Road, Goodlettsville, TN 37072.
Funeral services will be at 12 PM Friday, October 9 with Pastor Lyle Larson officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Joey Cline, Josiah Cole, Ivan Ivanov, Mike Wheately, Paul Kidd, Ron E Burr,
Robert H Burr, Robert D Burr.
The family would like to thank the staff of Adoration Hospice for the incredibly kind and useful
help. Your assistance allowed our loved one to spend her last days in the comfort of the home
her husband built for her and among those who loved her. We could not have done it without
you.
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