Daughter of Jeremiah and Nancy (nee Glass) Ledington.
Spouses:
1. Charles Price, m. 30 Apr 1921 at Laurel, Kentucky. Three children: Charles, Elvis and Billie.
2. Harland David "Colonel" Sanders, m. Nov 17 1949 at Corbin, Whitley, Kentucky. No children.
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The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 02 Jan 1997, Thu • Page 13
Claudia Sanders, Colonel's widow, dies
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Claudia Sanders, the widow of fired chicken legend Col. Harland Sanders and a restaurateur in her own right, is dead at 94. She died Tuesday at her home in Shelbyville.
"We're deeply saddened by the loss of Claudia Sanders," David Novak, president and chief executive officer of KFC, siad in a statement. "We could not have been the company we are now without Claudia's contributions. We shall miss her."
Even before their marriage on Nov. 17, 1949, Mrs. Sanders had begun helping the man millions now know simply as "the Colonel" to build a business that became a fast-food empire. She met Sanders in the 1930s while a waitress in his first restaurant in Corbin.
When the restaurant burned down five years late, she briefly managed a restaurant her future husband had built in Asheville, N. C.
The couple began their 31 years of marriage by combining families.
She had first married at age 18 and had a daughter and a son before divorcing and moving to Corbin, where her parents lived. He had two daughters and a son from his first marriage, which also ended in divorce.
The family set up housekeeping in Corbin,m where the Colonel perfected his chicken recipe and opened another restaurant. He officially started his franchise business in 1952, at age 65. He died of leukemia at age 90 in 1980.
In a September 1991 interview, she recounted how restaurants that sold the chicken in other states would phone in orders and she would package up the food and spices and take it to the train station, often late at night.
By 1963, the Sanderses had 600 chicken outlets and was taking in about $1,000 a day. Her husband sold Kentucky Fried Chicken to John Y. Brown in 1964. The company subsequently was told to Pepsico Inc.
Before and after they sold the chain, the couple traveled all over the world prmoting the famous fried chicken.
She was born Sept. 9, 1902, in Knox County, Ky., between London and Barbourville. Survivors include a son, Elvis Ray Price; four sisters, Joyce Hunt, Rose Brown, Mary Holt and Thelma Hetkowski; and two brothers, Robert and B. F. Ledington.
Spouses:
1. Charles Price, m. 30 Apr 1921 at Laurel, Kentucky. Three children: Charles, Elvis and Billie.
2. Harland David "Colonel" Sanders, m. Nov 17 1949 at Corbin, Whitley, Kentucky. No children.
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The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 02 Jan 1997, Thu • Page 13
Claudia Sanders, Colonel's widow, dies
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Claudia Sanders, the widow of fired chicken legend Col. Harland Sanders and a restaurateur in her own right, is dead at 94. She died Tuesday at her home in Shelbyville.
"We're deeply saddened by the loss of Claudia Sanders," David Novak, president and chief executive officer of KFC, siad in a statement. "We could not have been the company we are now without Claudia's contributions. We shall miss her."
Even before their marriage on Nov. 17, 1949, Mrs. Sanders had begun helping the man millions now know simply as "the Colonel" to build a business that became a fast-food empire. She met Sanders in the 1930s while a waitress in his first restaurant in Corbin.
When the restaurant burned down five years late, she briefly managed a restaurant her future husband had built in Asheville, N. C.
The couple began their 31 years of marriage by combining families.
She had first married at age 18 and had a daughter and a son before divorcing and moving to Corbin, where her parents lived. He had two daughters and a son from his first marriage, which also ended in divorce.
The family set up housekeeping in Corbin,m where the Colonel perfected his chicken recipe and opened another restaurant. He officially started his franchise business in 1952, at age 65. He died of leukemia at age 90 in 1980.
In a September 1991 interview, she recounted how restaurants that sold the chicken in other states would phone in orders and she would package up the food and spices and take it to the train station, often late at night.
By 1963, the Sanderses had 600 chicken outlets and was taking in about $1,000 a day. Her husband sold Kentucky Fried Chicken to John Y. Brown in 1964. The company subsequently was told to Pepsico Inc.
Before and after they sold the chain, the couple traveled all over the world prmoting the famous fried chicken.
She was born Sept. 9, 1902, in Knox County, Ky., between London and Barbourville. Survivors include a son, Elvis Ray Price; four sisters, Joyce Hunt, Rose Brown, Mary Holt and Thelma Hetkowski; and two brothers, Robert and B. F. Ledington.
Daughter of Jeremiah and Nancy (nee Glass) Ledington.
Spouses:
1. Charles Price, m. 30 Apr 1921 at Laurel, Kentucky. Three children: Charles, Elvis and Billie.
2. Harland David "Colonel" Sanders, m. Nov 17 1949 at Corbin, Whitley, Kentucky. No children.
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The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 02 Jan 1997, Thu • Page 13
Claudia Sanders, Colonel's widow, dies
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Claudia Sanders, the widow of fired chicken legend Col. Harland Sanders and a restaurateur in her own right, is dead at 94. She died Tuesday at her home in Shelbyville.
"We're deeply saddened by the loss of Claudia Sanders," David Novak, president and chief executive officer of KFC, siad in a statement. "We could not have been the company we are now without Claudia's contributions. We shall miss her."
Even before their marriage on Nov. 17, 1949, Mrs. Sanders had begun helping the man millions now know simply as "the Colonel" to build a business that became a fast-food empire. She met Sanders in the 1930s while a waitress in his first restaurant in Corbin.
When the restaurant burned down five years late, she briefly managed a restaurant her future husband had built in Asheville, N. C.
The couple began their 31 years of marriage by combining families.
She had first married at age 18 and had a daughter and a son before divorcing and moving to Corbin, where her parents lived. He had two daughters and a son from his first marriage, which also ended in divorce.
The family set up housekeeping in Corbin,m where the Colonel perfected his chicken recipe and opened another restaurant. He officially started his franchise business in 1952, at age 65. He died of leukemia at age 90 in 1980.
In a September 1991 interview, she recounted how restaurants that sold the chicken in other states would phone in orders and she would package up the food and spices and take it to the train station, often late at night.
By 1963, the Sanderses had 600 chicken outlets and was taking in about $1,000 a day. Her husband sold Kentucky Fried Chicken to John Y. Brown in 1964. The company subsequently was told to Pepsico Inc.
Before and after they sold the chain, the couple traveled all over the world prmoting the famous fried chicken.
She was born Sept. 9, 1902, in Knox County, Ky., between London and Barbourville. Survivors include a son, Elvis Ray Price; four sisters, Joyce Hunt, Rose Brown, Mary Holt and Thelma Hetkowski; and two brothers, Robert and B. F. Ledington.
Spouses:
1. Charles Price, m. 30 Apr 1921 at Laurel, Kentucky. Three children: Charles, Elvis and Billie.
2. Harland David "Colonel" Sanders, m. Nov 17 1949 at Corbin, Whitley, Kentucky. No children.
****************************************************************************
The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, 02 Jan 1997, Thu • Page 13
Claudia Sanders, Colonel's widow, dies
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Claudia Sanders, the widow of fired chicken legend Col. Harland Sanders and a restaurateur in her own right, is dead at 94. She died Tuesday at her home in Shelbyville.
"We're deeply saddened by the loss of Claudia Sanders," David Novak, president and chief executive officer of KFC, siad in a statement. "We could not have been the company we are now without Claudia's contributions. We shall miss her."
Even before their marriage on Nov. 17, 1949, Mrs. Sanders had begun helping the man millions now know simply as "the Colonel" to build a business that became a fast-food empire. She met Sanders in the 1930s while a waitress in his first restaurant in Corbin.
When the restaurant burned down five years late, she briefly managed a restaurant her future husband had built in Asheville, N. C.
The couple began their 31 years of marriage by combining families.
She had first married at age 18 and had a daughter and a son before divorcing and moving to Corbin, where her parents lived. He had two daughters and a son from his first marriage, which also ended in divorce.
The family set up housekeeping in Corbin,m where the Colonel perfected his chicken recipe and opened another restaurant. He officially started his franchise business in 1952, at age 65. He died of leukemia at age 90 in 1980.
In a September 1991 interview, she recounted how restaurants that sold the chicken in other states would phone in orders and she would package up the food and spices and take it to the train station, often late at night.
By 1963, the Sanderses had 600 chicken outlets and was taking in about $1,000 a day. Her husband sold Kentucky Fried Chicken to John Y. Brown in 1964. The company subsequently was told to Pepsico Inc.
Before and after they sold the chain, the couple traveled all over the world prmoting the famous fried chicken.
She was born Sept. 9, 1902, in Knox County, Ky., between London and Barbourville. Survivors include a son, Elvis Ray Price; four sisters, Joyce Hunt, Rose Brown, Mary Holt and Thelma Hetkowski; and two brothers, Robert and B. F. Ledington.
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