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A familiar voice was silenced on September 5, 2001, when Cawood Ledford died in Harlan at the age of 75 after a long bout with cancer.
Ledford was the play-by-play radio announcer for UK football and basketball Wildcats for 39 years, and he called the Kentucky Derby for 22 years. He was regarded as one of the nation?s top announcers, being voted Kentucky?s ?Sportscaster of the Year? 22 times. Ledford was also the first to be inducted into both the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame and the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
He is survived by his wife, Frances, and a brother and sister.

In Memoriam

Ollis Adams, ’43
Louisville, Kentucky, May 21, 2000

Serelda (Bishop) Ahl, ’33
Fort Myers, Florida, August 15, 1996

Horace B. Alderdice, ’29
Ledbetter, Kentucky, July 8, 2000

Walter S. Atkinson Jr., ’49
Walton, Kentucky, June 24, 2000

William H. Balden Jr., ’48
Danville, Kentucky, March 31, 2001

Lee Brown, ’51
Oneida, Kentucky, April 1, 2001

Ward Burnette
Benton, Kentucky, November 11, 2000

Codie L. Caldwell
Murray, Kentucky, August 15, 1997

Lenore Goff Callahan, ’56
Jackson, Kentucky, February 6, 2001

Dorothy J. (Cook) Camenisch, ’40
Blacksburg, Virginia, January 29, 1999

William F. Carroll, III, ’57
Cedarburg, Wisconsin, December 3, 1999

Metellus E. Cravens Jr., ’35
Columbus, Ohio, August 2, 2000

Louise (McGoldrick) Crosby, ’40
Lexington, Kentucky, May 8, 2001

Ruth (Hamersley) Crutchfield, ’37
Baltimore, Maryland, January 4, 1999

Denise Brantigan Engdahl, ’92
Mount Shasta, California, May 19, 1999

John B. Flege Sr., ’18
Williamstown, Kentucky, March 12, 2000

Franklin M. Foster, ’41
St. Petersburg, Florida, July 14, 2001

Brenda (White) Gilmour, ’66
Maryville, Missouri, April 9, 2000

Charles W. Hedden III, ’60
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, October 14, 1996

Forest J. Hogue, ’38
Campbellsville, Kentucky, March 26, 1999

Joe M. Howard, ’35
Paducah, Kentucky, January 18, 2001

Leisla Moran Howell, ’41
Chino, California, March 6,
2001

Gladys E. (Dimock) Keedy, ’39
San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 1998

Dr. Russell J. Lewis, ’56
Knoxville, Tennessee, July 20, 2000

Owen McCain, ’51
Brazil, Indiana, February 17,
2001

Georgia B. McGuffey, ’35
Champaign, Illinois, October 14, 2000

James Tulley Rankin, ’60
Greenville, South Carolina
November 28, 1996

James E. Sanders, Sr.
Paducah, Kentucky, December 2, 2000

Al J. Schneider
Louisville, Kentucky, May 27, 2001

Leland E. Scott, ’27
Adelphi, Maryland, June 8, 1997

Betsy (Helburn) Strisower, ’25
Lexington, Kentucky, January 29, 2001

Dr. Grant W. Thomas, Retired Faculty — Agronomy
Nicholasville, Kentucky, August 2, 2001

Gertrude “Trudy” Thompson, ’61
Fulton, Kentucky, May 27, 2001

Edith (Farmer) Williams, ’26
Lexington, Kentucky, December 31, 1998

Mabel (Dietz) Williamson, ’39
Lexington, Kentucky, May 12, 2001

Charles S. Woodring, ’63
London, Kentucky, May 19, 1999

Dr. Patch G. Woolfolk, ’47, Retired Faculty — Animal Sciences
Lexington, Kentucky, May 7, 2001