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Emma Jean Jernigan
July 1, 2018
Emma Jean Jernigan, age 92, moved to heaven June 29, 2018. She was born in Tallassee, Alabama. Jean lived most of her life in Cantonment, FL. She owned and ran a local restaurant for years in the Cantonment area and made many friends serving them barbecue with her own special barbecue sauce and spent many hours playing cards with her friends.
Survivors include her children, Eddie Ledbetter (Brenda), Grady Ledbetter (Pamela) and loving daughter, Diane Emmons (Billy); grandchildren, Jim Shawler and Darrin Shawler, Wendy Allen, Ken Ledbetter, Tracy Rasmussen, Kelly Ledbetter, Luke Ledbetter; and great-grandchildren, Rhiannon Allen, Tracy and Hannah Shawler, Fisher and Bayley Rasmussen, Evelyn and Elena Ledbetter.
Jean was preceded in death by her son, Wendell Ledbetter; daughter, Sylvia Shawler and grandson, Wayne Allen.
Visitation will be at 1 p.m. with services to be held at 2 p.m. on July 3, 2018, at Pensacola Memorial Gardens.
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so sorry to hear about jean.i worked for her years ago at her barbucue place and she was so wonderful to work for.her and willie ward was running it.both are gona now and will truley be missed.god be with her family.
I just read the obit of Jean Jernigan & what a spunky, smart & sweet lady she was! I am one of the past owners of the Diner that she owned & she was one of the first customers that came to wish us well. She became a regular & I will always treasure her visits. I wish I had known about Jean’s passing so I could have paid my respects. My thoughts are with her daughter & other family members this morning. RIP my amazing friend…..
I met Jean when we had a community widows group always in a hurry in that old truck. She never failed to greet everybody but most o the time we had to repeat everything due to her deafness. She sent me a Christmas and birthday card every year until this last year. She was one spunky “senior”lady! I’m glad I got to know her.