Jamie Ray Ledbetter, Sr.

Jamie R. Ledbetter Sr., age 84, of Batesville, MS, passed away today, Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 at Baptist Hospital in Oxford, MS. He is the husband of Mary Ledbetter. Funeral services for Mr. Ledbetter will be held Friday, July 10, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville MS. The family will receive friends 2 hours prior to the service at 12:00 noon. Interment will follow the service at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville. Reverend Paul Middleton will officiate the service. Jamie was born January 16, 1931 in Quitman County MS to the late James C. Ledbetter and Mary Alice Lay Ledbetter. During his lifetime he proudly served his country in the U.S. Marine Corp. and was a member of Enon Baptist Church. Jamie raised livestock and row crop farmed. He also was a mechanic and owned J & J Paving Company. Those left behind to cherish his memory include his wife, Mary Evelyn West Ledbetter, 2 daughters; Debbie Guthrie of Batesville MS, and Lecia Alexander of Stafford, TX, 1 son; Jamie R. Ledbetter, Jr. of Batesville, MS, 2 sisters; Lucille Hastings of Batesville, MS, and Maxine White of Wynne AR, 4 Grandchildren and 4 Great-Grandchildren.