Ann C. Leadbetter

Ann Craft Leadbetter, 71, wife of Frederick E. Leadbetter, Chestertown, Maryland, died at home after a long illness of cancer. She was the daughter of the late John Finley and Anna Coppedge Craft of Holly Springs, Mississippi, where she attended public schools. Mrs. Leadbetter received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and also attended classes at Cincinnati School of Art, Murray State in Tennessee, the University of Maryland, and George Peabody University. She taught high school art classes in Ohio and Mississippi. For several years she was a Second Grade Teacher at Centreville Elementary School in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. Before taking maternity leave, she was Elementary Art Teacher in that County. Mrs. Leadbetter was a direct descendant of John Witherspoon, New Jersey, signer of the Declaration of Independence. She was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Chestertown, Maryland and interested in genealogy, gardening, art, and reading. Mrs. Leadbetter belonged to Old Kent Chapter and held local and state offices in the Daughters of the American Revolution and Children of the American Revolution. She was a Division President of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Leadbetter held several national offices in the Southern Dames of America and was National Registrar of the Descendants of the Singers of the Declaration of Independence. She also was a member of Daughters of 1812, Colonial Dames XVII Century, Daughters of Colonial Wars, Daughters of American Colonies, Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Descendants of Colonial Clergy, Dames of the Court of Honor, and the St. Andrews Society of the Eastern Shore. In addition to her husband she is survived by a son Frederick E. Leadbetter, Jr. of Chestertown, Maryland. Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 9, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Relatives and friends may call on Sunday, October 8, 2006 between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home 130 Speer Road Chestertown, Maryland. Interment will be in Church Hill Cemetery in Church Hill, Maryland. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Scholarship Funds of UDC or DSDI or Chester River Home Care and Hospice at 6602 Church Hill Road Chestertown, Maryland 21620.

Ann C. Leadbetter

October 3, 2006