Letha Bell Gallt

Letha Bell Gallt, age 95, passed away in Powder Springs, Georgia on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Letha was the youngest of five children born to the late Lamont and Elizabeth Becker Dederick in Cairo, New York. Letha loved the outdoors, enjoyed gardening at home, annual family camping vacations in upstate New York and a memorable cross county camping trip to the national parks with husband Jim.In later years she accompanied family on trips to Europe, the Caribbean and South America. She was devoted to her immediate and extended family, was a loving grandmother to everyone, and was loved by all. Letha had an incredible work ethic; she and husband Jim personally built their family home and she worked at a variety of jobs into her 70’s.In good times and when facing difficult challenges, Letha always maintained a positive and upbeat attitude about life and shared that gift with everyone who she encountered. Letha is preceded in death by her husband, James A. Gallt, daughter, Meta Gallt Reid, and stepdaughter, Lillian Gallt Salvino. She is survived by her daughter, Jancy Gallt Houck of Powder Springs, Georgia, stepson, James Gallt of Lexington, Kentucky, grandsons Jacob Houck of Marietta, Georgia and Lawrence Reid of Troy, New York, and a large extended family. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in Letha’s memory to the Atlanta Botanical Garden https://atlantabg.org/donate/tribute-and-memorial-gifts/