Spencer Charles Ladd, Sr, U.S.
Army, WW II (Ret.).
At the Forsyth Medical Center. During WW II, he
served with the U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne Division.
He was a member of the Gospel Light Baptist Church
in Winston-Salem, where he served the bus ministry
and choir for more than 40 years.
His wife, Dorothy Mulvey Ladd died on February 8,
2006. He was also preceded in death by his son,
Terrance Ladd; his parents, Elisha Ladd & Elizabeth
Ann Parrish, and sisters, Margaret Betts and Shirley
Ladd.
Survivors include his daughter, Victoria Hester and
her husband, Jack; sons, Gary Ladd and his wife,
Sharon, Charles Ladd, Jr. and his wife, Jane, and
Thomas Ladd and his wife, Lynn; daughter-in-law,
Betty Wiles; sisters, Beulah Worrell & Wanda Er;
brothers, Thurman & Clay Ladd; nine grandchildren;
12 great-grandchildren; other relatives.
Graveside services were conducted on Monday, Dec.
24, 2007.
[published in the Winston-Salem Journal] |
 
(courtesy of "Isabel")
Grave marker for Spencer C. Ladd
and spouse in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery,
Walkertown (Forsyth county), North Carolina.
Spencer enlisted in the at Camp
Croft, SC on 13 March 1943.
On 23 July 1944 Pfc Croft was
transferred to Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion,
508th PIR from the 82nd Airborne Division.
Pfc Croft was awarded the Bronze
Service Arrowhead device for the Holland campaign
and Airborne operations. |
