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Ann Glidden Fleming went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 10, 2022. Ann was born January 20, 1942, in Brownwood, Texas. She was the daughter of Allen Leon Glidden Sr. and Georgia Lucille Glidden.

She was the 1960 Valedictorian and Football Sweetheart at Little Cypress High School, where she also played basketball. Ann graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas with a degree in Education. She retired from the Bridge City Independent School District in 2001 after teaching 2nd grade at Hatton Elementary for thirty-seven years. She was an inspiring and dedicated educator that had a profound impact on every student she taught. She was an amazing wife, mother, and grandmother. She was completely devoted for fifty-five years to her husband C. R. She loved hunting and fishing with her husband and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was lovingly known as Grancy and Gee Gee by her grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen Leon and Georgia Glidden, and her husband, C.R. Fleming.

Ann is survived by her children, Georgia Citrano and husband Dr. Ronald Citrano of Orange, and Shawn Fleming of Bridge City; grandsons, Gunter Fleming, Griffin Fleming, Cody Citrano, and Ryan Citrano; granddaughter, Kara Fleming; and brothers, Allen Glidden, and Jackie Glidden.

Funeral services for Ann will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.

Visitaiton will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City.

Pallbearers will be Allen Glidden, Shawn Fleming,  Gunter Fleming, Griffin Fleming, Cody Citrano, Ronald Citrano, and Ryan Citrano