First Posted: 1/15/2009

Rowland
Ledford L. Smith, 67, of 421 Benson Chapel Road, died Jan. 28, 2007, at Carolinas Hospital in Florence, S.C.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oakgrove Baptist Church in Laurinburg, the Revs. James Smith and Timmy Hunt officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving are three sons, Timothy Smith of Laurinburg, Samuel Smith of Fairmont and Joey Locklear of Gibson; four daughters, Janet Jones and Barbara Owens, both of Rowland, Annie Marie Smith of Laurinburg and Nicky Kay Locklear of Gibson; three brothers, Sam Locklear of Rowland, Verdell Locklear and Mark Locklear, both of Laurinburg, four sisters, Mary Linda Locklear and Brenda Strickland, both of Maxton, Nancy Locklear and Rose Marie Locklear, both of Laurinburg; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Boles Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Rowland.