Robert Ledbetter

Robert R. Ledbetter, 73, of Blountville, Tenn., died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, at Bristol Select Specialty Hospital in Bristol, Tenn., after an extended illness.

      There will be no funeral service and the body has been cremated. Friends and family may be received anytime at the home, 158 Highland Drive, Blountville. Akard Funeral Home, 1912 W. State St. in Bristol is in charge of arrangements. E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at akardfh@peercom.net.

Survivors include his wife, Patti Ledbetter; three daughters, Dawn Marie Kalo of Glendale, Ariz., Lori Ann Ledbetter and Donna Jean Ledbetter, both of Des Moines; a stepson, Ritchie Inns of Lincoln, Neb.; a brother, the Rev. Henry L. Ledbetter of Mt. Pleasant; a half brother, Clifton Ledbetter of Mt. Pleasant; two sisters, Delores Hayes of Alabama, and Norma Jean Hedger of Sacto, Calif.; and two half sisters, Thelma Hill of Burlington, and Margaret Hinman of Memphis, Tenn.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and two half brothers.