Della Bledsoe

Della Nunley Bledsoe, 95, passed away Saturday, November 28, 2020.

Born March 17, 1925 to Ross and Lizzie Nunley, Della was the ninth of 16 children.  She helped raise the last half of the children.  She outlived them all. 

Della was married for seventeen years to Marion Holden.  At their separation he took the credit cards out of her purse and left her with only a grade school education, $20.00, and two teenage children. 

Della acquired her GED, was a cosmetologist, a waitress, a real estate agent, and a nurse’s aide.  Over the years she ventured into real estate buying and personally fixing up seven low income houses and carried a contract for deed on six.  

Della is survived by son Raymond Holden (Melba) of Dallas Texas, daughter Elizabeth Ann Fryberger (Richard) of Duluth, Minnesota; granddaughter Laura Mullen (Colin) and great granddaughter Adella Elizabeth Mullen.

A graveside service at Milton Cemetery will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, December 4, 2020.