Ardath Bryan Carlton, 85, died on November 4, 2010. A life long resident of Hardee County, she was born November 1, 1925 in the New Zion Community and lived most of her adult life in the Lemon Grove Community. She was a homemaker, a teacher at Lemon Grove Strawberry School, and later a telephone operator for United Telephone Company in Avon Park, when she retired. She was a fourth generation Hardee Countian and a descendent of the Gill and Crews families. She was preceeded in death by her husband, William E. Carlton, Jr., her daughter Pamela Carlton, her parents Charles and Lois Bryan, her sister Lucy, and brothers Darrell and Luther.
Survivors include her son Bill (Gail) Carlton of Tallahassee, sister Barbara (Paul) Yawt of Fort Lauderdale, grandchildren Bryan and Corie Carlton of Tallahassee, and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 8th at New Hope Baptist Church with visitation at 9:00 AM and the funeral service at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery.