POTTSBORO - It is with the utmost sorrow that the family of Pauline Atwell Ledbetter of Pottsboro announces her sudden passing on Monday, April 28, 2008 at the age of 86 years. She will forever and profoundly be missed by her family and friends.

Pauline was born on Feb. 10, 1922 in Clovis, N.M. She was the eldest and only daughter of six children born to Nolan and Claudia Atwell. On Oct. 11, 1941.  She married Robert "Bob" Ledbetter in Clovis, New Mexico. Together they raised two devoted children on their farm in Portales, N.M. She later received a degree in nursing after moving to McKinney.

She had an extraordinary natural gift of drawing and painting. She created numerous pieces capturing her love of nature and its quiet beauty. All who knew her would agree her paintings were a self portrait of the person she was in life. She was kind, gentle, empathetic and gracious. She was a quiet beauty. She was a lady.

She had a devoted love of the Lord and sought His face daily. She clearly knew that she sat in the palm of His hand.

She will be exceedingly missed by her children, Barbara and Mike Bishop of Pottsboro, and Bobby and Nonnie Ledbetter of Johnson City. She will also be adoringly remembered by her grandchildren, Angela and Neale Ellis of Virginia Beach, Va. Robert and Mary Ledbetter of Pottsboro and Michael Bishop of Sherman and by her great-grandchildren, Rob, Brittiany and David Ledbetter of Pottsboro and Matthew, Joshua and Sarah Ellis of Virginia Beach, Va. She will be remembered with great admiration by her surviving brothers, David Atwell and Gene Atwell of Roswell, N.M. and Maynard and Ruth Atwell of Seligman, Ariz. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Ledbetter in October 1992; parents, Claudia and Nola Atwell; and brothers, Austin and James Lee Atwell, all of Clovis, N.M.

Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Georgetown Cemetery with Rev. Hugh Davis officiating.

Johnson-Moore Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.