Dateline: March 17, 2005
Ledbetter
Graveside services
for Edward Richard Ledbetter, age 94, were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
March 12, 2005, in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon with Rev. Bryan Knowles,
Pastor of Community Fellowship Church in Clarendon, officiating.
Arrangements were under the direction of Robertson Funeral
Directors.
Mr. Ledbetter died
Sunday, March 6, 2005, in Clarendon.
He was born October 15, 1910, in Weber Falls, Oklahoma, and came to
Donley County in 1945. He
married Nora Jewell Hulsey on April 9, 1936.
He had been involved in farming and ranching his entire life prior
to his retirement. He worked
for Fontayne Elmore until 1955 and then for Jack C. Thomas from 1955 until
the mid 1970s. His hobbies were hunting, trapping, fishing, training
horses, and gardening. He was
a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Clarendon.
He was preceded in
death by his wife on August 9, 1989.
Survivors include one
son, Edward Wayne Ledbetter of Clarendon; one daughter, Linda Louise
Anderson of Oakley, Idaho; several grandchildren, great grandchildren, and
great great grandchildren.
Honorary
bearers were Dean Arnold, Dennis Thomas, Steve Reynolds, and Doyle
Littlefield.