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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 14.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 22 May 2007.
Mrs. Iris Jenkins has gone to Heaven to be with the Lord after a long illness. She was born January 22, 1935, and passed away May 22, 2007. She was a wonderful mother and friend. She retired from Baptist Hospital after 22 years in the Maternity Department. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ervin Ledford and Weldon Jenkins; children, Ivan Ledford and Robert Ledford; brother, Bud Costner; mother, Viola Costner; father, Add Evans; step-father, John Costner; step-mother, Joyce Evans; and sister, Judy Bugg. Survivors include her sons, Charles Ledford, John Ledford, Joe Ledford, and Bill Ledford, all of Newport; grandchildren, Trevor Ledford, Kipp Dalton, and Jason Ledford; daughters-in-law, Avangela Dalton, of Newport, and Lisa Johnson Ledford, of Morristown; brothers and sisters, Robert Evans, Kathleen Evans, Nancy Williamson, and Jimmy Evans, all of Cosby; Linda Caldwell, of Newport; and brother and sister-in-law, John and Martha Evans, of Cosby. Additional survivors include a special aunt, Hester Holt, of Dandridge; special friends, Eula Mae Overholt and Loretta Gregg, both of Newport, and Wilma Harper, of Burlington, N.C.; and a host of friends. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 25, 2007, at Costner-Maloy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Eddie Young officiating. Interment will be in Union Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening at Costner-Maloy Funeral Home. Arrangements by Costner-Maloy.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 48658310).
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