Mrs. Donna Ruth Ledford age 84 of Jones St. Blairsville passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday October 16, 2019 following an extended illness. Mrs. Ledford was born on July 15, 1935 in Decatur, IL., the daughter of the late George Heston Traxler and the late Eva Pearl Cummins Traxler.  She was a lifelong resident of Union County and before her retirement had worked at Union County Nursing Home for many years. Donna had a passion for Gourds and loved collecting and decorating them. She loved all animals especially her dog, Baby and the cat, Panther. She was a loving and caring mother, sister, grandmother and great grandmother. She was preceded in death by her son, Christopher Ledford in 1986 and two sisters, Georgia Sowers and Betty Traxler. Donna was of the Baptist faith.

Surviving Donna are two daughters and a son-in-law, Julie Fotes of Salt Lake City, UT., Tracy & Kevin Nelson of Dawsonville, GA., a son, Michael Ledford of Blairsville, GA., a brother, John Traxler of Lexington, SC., eight grandchildren, Amanda Lamb, Spero Fotes, Mike Fotes, Kevin Ledford, Sabrina Deyton, Sierra Nichols, Cadence Nichols, and Trinity Nichols, eight great grandchildren, Several nieces & nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday October 19, 2019 at 2:00pm from the Mountain View Chapel with Rev. Terry Sosebee officiating. Special music will be presented by Cadence & Trinity Nichols. The following gentleman will serve as pallbearers; Tim Panter, Kevin Ledford, Paul Hamilton, Edward Gibson, Ben Hope, and Mike Brown. Interment will follow in Union Memory Gardens. The family will meet with friends on Friday evening from 6pm-9pm at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to help defray expenses in Donna’s memory.

Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com