Artis R. Landford

26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart
    and my portion forever.

Psalm 73:26 (NIV)

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Artis Ruth Landford was born April 2, 1933 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas to Ardra and Florine (Elliott) Lewis.  She passed away at home on Friday, July 22, 2016 in Mt. Pleasant.                            

Artis attended Piney Schools and after many years of living in Dallas, Texas she moved back to Mt. Pleasant.  She was a member of the Piney Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant and a homemaker.  She was a loving mother and grandmother, known fondly as “Madear”.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands A.T. Morgan and Rayfield Landford; a son Elvis Joe Morgan; daughter Gloria Gindratt; great grand daughter Glorious Coleman; great grandson Trevon Morgan; brothers James Lewis and O.D. Lewis, sister Dorothy Rose Young.

She leaves to cherish her memories one son and daughter-in-law Douglas and Sandra Morgan of Dallas, Texas; five daughters and three sons-in-law Cynthia and Leon Sinnie, Bobbie and Gary Givens, Rose and Randy Woodson, LaSandra Meeks all of Mt. Pleasant, Texas; Nancy Morgan of Dallas, Texas; twenty-two grandchildren; forty-eight great grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; one sister Mary Frances Craddock of Dallas, Texas and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

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