By LYNETTE SOWELL
Cove Leader-Press
A celebration of life was held on Saturday March 21 to remember Linda Ledger, longtime Copperas Cove resident, who passed away on Feb. 13, 2026.
Ledger was born in Conway, South Carolina, and like many who came to call Copperas Cove home, came her with her family in the military. After she graduated with the Copperas Cove High School class of 1962, she returned to South Carolina and began journalism studies at USC.
However, her high school sweetheart, Les Ledger, persuaded her to come back to Copperas Cove, the two were wed, and she finished her studies at Southwest Texas State University.
Ledger was a contributor to the Copperas Cove Courier, which eventually became the Copperas Cove Leader-Press in the 1980s.
Because of Ledger’s research, the historic Ogletree Gap Post Office was designated a Texas historical site.
She worked alongside Les at the family’s iconic Copperas Cove business – Ledger Furniture.
Marky Ledger Price, Linda’s sister-in-law, spoke of Linda’s creativity that made the business shine.
“Linda chose the furniture Ledger that sold for many years. She designed furniture truck paint schemes, the uniforms, showroom displays, many ad campaigns and radio and TV commercials. She was a brilliant lady.”
“Because she was a journalism major, she knew advertising and public relations. She wrote the commercials for Ledger Furniture, and I was the voice,” Price said. “ Linda was an introvert, and of course, my husband and I and my brother are extroverts – we will just do anything.”
For them, Price said Ledger wrote roasts and other comedy sketches that they would act out, at events such as charity fundraisers.
“Linda was so clever, and very, very creative. She had a life well lived and she used her talents. She made her contributions with the talents she had, not asking for any kind of recognition, but it was just the joy of using these talents.To talk about it and to remember it fills our joy cups again. And we’re not sad for very long because those are very precious memories to us.
“Her passion, of course, was history and genealogy. She did tons and tons of genealogy research on families. She had an insatiable desire to learn. She touched so many lives in such a positive way.”
Lifelong Copperas Cove resident Peter Simpson called her a “fierce advocate for people who couldn’t necessarily help themselves,” pointing to her years of service on the CCISD board of trustees and her work volunteering for Families in Crisis.
He also wrote of what she meant to him and his family, personally and said that because of the Ledgers, his parents chose to live in Copperas Cove, and when his father met Les Ledger, the two became fast friends.
“Linda changed my diapers, fed me, carted me around town, and later showed me how to treat customers. She once had to endure stopping at a convenience store every half hour on a road trip to New Orleans and four kids singing ridiculous songs in the back seat all the way home. She put up with lots of shenanigans, loved to laugh, and rolled her eyes at us boys countless times. I was blessed to be called “Ledger Four,” and be raised, somewhat feral, right along with her boys.” said Simpson, who called Linda a “second mom.”
John Gallen, with the Copperas Cove Historical Society, talked about Ledger’s passion for preserving the history of the city.
“Linda was one of the original members of the Historical society, and her knowledge of the history of Cove was awesome. She was a driving force in the resurrection of the society,” Gallen said. “She will be truly missed! We have lost a true community icon.”
Ledger received awards for her community service to include Bluebonnet Girl Scout Woman of Distinction Award and a Points of Light honoree by President George H. W. Bush.
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