Grace Ingram Caldwell, age 94, died April 1, 2012, at Trinity Health Care Center, Columbus, MS. Visitation will be held Wednesday morning, April 4, 2012 from 11:00AM -12:00 Noon at Memorial Funeral Home. A graveside service at 12:30 PM at Friendship Cemetery will immediately follow visitation. Dr. Shawn Parker, First Baptist Church, and Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, First United Methodist, will officiate. Mrs. Caldwell was born December 6, 1917, in Pickens, MS to the late Dr. Charles Herbert and Dora Ashe Henderson Ingram. Mrs. Caldwell moved to Columbus in 1935 to attend MSCW. After graduating, she married Columbus native, Robert S. Caldwell. Prior to the birth of her first child, Mrs. Caldwell taught English at S.D. Lee High School. She was an active member of First Baptist Church, a life member of Columbus Junior Auxiliary, and a member of Columbus Garden Club. She played bridge monthly with the same group of ladies for over 50 years. An avid traveler, Mrs. Caldwell traveled all over the world and visited every continent. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Caldwell was preceded in death by her sisters Bernice Guion and Euna Caviness; brother, James Lowry Ingram; daughter, Betsy Caldwell Dale; grandson, William David Tidwell; and her husband Robert S. Caldwell She is survived by her son, Robert S. Caldwell, Jr. (Toni) of Columbus; daughter, Dorothy Tidwell (Jerry) of Atlanta GA; daughter, Carol Mathews Smith (E.C.) of Tampa, FL; sister, Laura Vee Crawford (Sterling) of Aberdeen, MS; sister, Betty Jo Young (Edgar) of Sterlington, LA; nine grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be her grandsons and grandsons- in- law: Robert S. Caldwell, III, James Sanford Clark, Thomas Douglas Dale, Jr., Andrew Moak Griffin, Marion Clayton Grubbs, William Walker Hilbun, Russell Peter Mathews, and Robert Ivy Tidwell. Memorials may be made to Palmer Home for Children, P. O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39703 or to the charity or organization of your choice.
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