Obituary

Vera Miller of Lubbock departed this life on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the age of 93 years. She was born on Nov. 17, 1916 in Trickham, Texas to Dr. D.T. and Lillie (Bearden) Jordan. She was the sixth child of 13 children and she had one half-brother.

The family will receive friends at Abell Funeral Home Monday evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 25, 2010 in the First Baptist Church in Abernathy with Rev. Mike O'Donnell officiating.

Vera was preceded in death by her parents; husband, L. W. Ledford; husband, Hugh Vaughn; son, Walter Ledford and daughter-in-law, Betty Ledford; granddaughter, Jana Smith; and nine siblings.

She is survived by her daughter, Roifae (Roy Fay) Smith and husband Jim Bob of Lubbock; grandsons, Craig Ledford and wife Terry of Amarillo, Jay Ledford and wife Cindy of Euless, Texas, Kevin Smith and wife Sandee of Midlothian, Texas and Robby Smith and wife Traci of Lubbock; six great-grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren; two sisters, Faydell Turney of Hereford and Rubie Rosenthal of Yorba Linda, Calif.; and one brother, D.T. Jordan, Jr. of Lewisville, Texas.

Vera lived all of her adult life on the South Plains of Texas. She was first married in Morton, Texas and was in the grocery business with her first husband in Maple, Texas and Slaton before moving to Abernathy, where she remained until October of 2009 when she moved to Lubbock to live with her daughter. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Abernathy.

Arrangements are by Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Abernathy, with burial in the Abernathy Cemetery.