Leta Hudgings

MOUNT HOLLY, Vt. -- Leta E. Davis Hudgings, 77, of Mount Holly passed away peacefully in her sleep with her husband by her side at 5:40 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, at her home.

She was born on April 27, 1939, in Ludlow, Vermont, the daughter of Col. Ellsworth C. and Dorothy Ripley Davis, who predeceased her.

Leta graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1957 and on Dec. 9, 1957, from the Cape Girardeau School of Beauty Culture Inc., with a degree in cosmetology.

She married Clay T. Hudgings on Oct. 18, 1962, in Logansport, Indiana, where they lived many years before returning to Vermont in 1988.

Leta formerly was employed at the Clark's IGA Store in Ludlow as the lead cashier prior to her retirement in 1997. She also had been employed at Libson Shop's of Cape Girardeau, Waldenbooks and the Basket Shop in Logansport.

Survivors include her husband, Clay of Mount Holly; a daughter, Dawn Hudgings Tyrrell and her husband, Michael of Proctorsville, Vermont; a son, Mark H. Hudgings of Cabot, Arkansas; five grandchildren, Kyle Tyrell and Catie Tyrell, both of Proctorsville, Jasmine Hudgings, Justin Hudgings and Joshua Hudgings, all of Cabot; a sister, Sue Davis Bragg and her husband, Sonny of Ludlow; a brother, Ellsworth "Sonny" Davis and his wife, Pat of San Antonio; also by several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service Wednesday at the Church of Annunciation in Ludlow.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Cancer Center at D-H/Geisel Office of Development, One Medical Center Drive, HB 7070, Lebanon, NH 03756-0001

Arrangements are by the Aldous Funeral Home, Rutland, Vermont.