FIFTH GENERATION

399. Ima Belle Walden was born on 26 Nov 1913 in Lake Victor, Burnet County, Texas. She died on 15 Feb 2007 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. She was buried in Erath Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Stephenville, Erath County, Texas.

Belle Bledsoe, 93, a homemaker, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, at a Fort Worth hospital.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Monday in Lacy Funeral Home Chapel, Stephenville. Burial: Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Stephenville. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Lacy Funeral Home.

She was born Nov. 26, 1913, to Martin Henry and Dorothy Pauline Roby Walden in Lake Victor. She married Raymond P. Bledsoe on March 14, 1933, in Goldthwaite. He preceded her in death on June 5, 1998. She was a Baptist.

She was preceded in death by a son, Billy Ray Bledsoe; and sisters, Cleo Tarver, Opal Kaufman and Barbara McCollum.

Survivors: Daughter and son-in-law, Jeanne and Bill Betzel of Granbury; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one sister-in-law; and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Published in the Star-Telegram on 2/17/2007.

She was married to Raymond Petty Bledsoe on 14 Mar 1933 in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. Raymond Petty Bledsoe was born on 7 Aug 1911. He died on 5 Jun 1998 in Erath County, Texas. ⁽⁷⁶⁾ He was buried in Erath Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Stephenville, Erath County, Texas.
Abilene Reportr News, June 6, 1998:

Raymond Bledsoe

STEPHENVILLE -- Raymond P. Bledsoe, 86, of Granbury and formerly of Stephenville, died Friday in a local hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Lacy Funeral Home Chapel.

Ima Belle Walden and Raymond Petty Bledsoe had the following children:

+907 i. Billy Ray Bledsoe.
+908 ii. Ima Jean Bledsoe.