----- Original Message ----- From: <tbeyer1@peoplepc.com> To: <ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:31 PM Subject: [ILROOTS] Obituary posting for Victor LedBetter > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Ledbetter, Kanady, Garland > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fh.2ADI/5986 > > Message Board Post: > > Feb. 20, 1958 > Funeral services were held at the Wright funeral home Friday afternoon at > 2:00 for Victor "Dick" Ledbetter, 57, who death occurred at Chicago > Tuesday night of last week as result of a heart ailment. Rev. James Rildy > conducted the final rites and interment was in Westwood Cemetery. > He was the son of the late George and Prudence Ledbetter and was born in > Gallatin county on Nove 8, 1900. On March 21, 1925 he was united in > marrage to Hazel Kanady, who survives. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Roy > (Mae) Garland of Centralia, and two brothers, Clyde of East St. Louis and > Eugene Ledbetter of Evansville, Ind. > He was employed as a farm worker and carpenter while living in > Shawneetwown but had resided elsewhere since 1956. > > > > ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== > Illinois State Archives on-line data bases (marriage, death, military, > land records, etc.) can be accessed at: > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >