Emma Diane Ledwell- Mosley "Ann"

Emma Ledwell the wife of Samuel Mosley, II and the mother of (3) boys, Eddie, Robert, and Samuel, III was an awesome wife and mother. This information is coming from her only sister.

Let me tell you about the Ann that I knew as a little girl growing up. First, she was not to please to have me born seven years after her. Before that, she was the only girl with four boys to control.

I tried my best to look up to her as a young girl, but she was just too clean for the activities I loved. She was a neat and proper older sister. As we both grew into adulthood, we became very close. I was there to see her marry and she was my maid of honor. As the years passed, we spent so much time together. She had purchased a home in Philadelphia and me one in New Jersey. At that time we were only 70 miles away from each other.

The thing that stands out to me most about my sister is how she evolved into these women who seem to excel in management.

There was a time that her husband was on assignment in Chicago for some time. That's when Ann fully understood that she had to take the lead in her home. I watched this insecure mother go from housewife to a Director of two of the largest homeless Centers in Philadelphia with over 300 patients and more than 40 staff. I saw her with the Mayor of Philadelphia addressing the homeless on TV on what they were doing to prepare the homeless for the upcoming wither weather. I was amazed at her performance. She ran those Center with an iron fist.

Over the years I spent many days at her home and her at mine. She would bring her grandchildren to my house to go swimming, and we would have almost weekly cookouts at my house. She always shared her husband with me. Anytime I had a problem at my house Sam would come running and dragging her behind him. Her constant statement was, I can't get him to do a dam thing at home but Jane can call, and he comes running. I miss them both dearly. I have precious memories of them.

A proud moment when she was eighteen years of age, I saw her go to jail during the civil rights movements. There is a monument downtown Asheboro in front of the establishment where she was arrested. No problem, our father did not allow them to hold her for long.


writen by Jane Ledwell-Gant