Leslie David Pridgeon

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The Sabine County Reporter
April 26, 1995, Page 12

Rev. Leslie Pridgeon

Rev. Leslie Pridgeon, 73, of Zavalla died Sunday, April 16, 1995, at Memorial Medical Center of East Texas in Lufkin.

Rev. Pridgeon was a native of Gilmer and had lived in Zavalla eight years. he was a retired director of Child Evangelism Fellowship.

Surivivors: wife, Wanda Pridgeon of Zavalla; a son; a daughter; two brothers; and a sister.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lakewood Baptist Church near Zavalla. Interment followed at the Cochran Cemetery.

Services were handled by Riley Funeral Home in Woodville.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, April 2009)

The Military Marker on his Find a Grave page shows he was a Sgt US Army World War II

Family Search shows him as a son of James Alonzo Pridgeon and Alice Josephine Beasley.

Leslie married Wanda Faye Smith before 1957. Wanda was born on 11 Nov 1936 in Pecan Gap, Delta County, Texas; died on 7 Mar 2011 in Huntington, Angelina County, Texas; was buried on 10 Mar 2011 in Cochran Cemetery, Angelina County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Funeral services for Wanda F. Pridgeon, 74, of East Texas will be held Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Zavalla with Brother Jackson Colwell and Brother Joel Hitchcock officiating. Interment will follow at Cochran Cemetery.

Mrs. Pridgeon was born November 11, 1936 in Pecan Gap, Texas to the late Emma Faye (Jackson) and Wesley William Smith, and died Monday, March 7, 2011 in Huntington, Texas. She was a devout Christian woman and loved teaching children as an evangelist with Child Evangelism Fellowship. Mrs. Pridgeon attended First Assembly of God Church of Huntington. She enjoyed gardening and crafts.

Survivors include her daughter, Marie Pridgeon of Fort Worth; son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Lisa Pridgeon of Huntington; brothers and sister-in-law, James Smith of Denton and Thomas Wayne and Lou Smith of Alexandria, Louisiana; sister and brother-in-law, Cindy and Raymond Conley of Conroe; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Pridgeon was preceded in death by her husband, Leslie C. Pridgeon; and son, Leslie David Pridgeon.

The family will welcome friends and loved ones from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at Carroway Funeral Home in Huntington.


Carroway Funeral Home, Huntington, directors.

Copied from her Find a Grave memorial page, ID 66665942