Edward Warren Ledbetter

Background

Ledbetter, Edward Warren was born on April 29, 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hugh and Landon (Elliott) Ledbetter.

Education

Graduated, Wylies Business School, 1937.

Career

Clerk mail orders Sears Roebuck & Company, Memphis, 1939-1940. Sales representative Swift & Company Refinery, 1941-1943. Consultant retail sales Simmon's Store, New Albany, Mississippi, 1945-1946.

Partner Ledbetter's Inc., Phoenix, from 1947, president and chief executive officer, from 1970.

Achievements

• Edward Warren Ledbetter has been listed as a noteworthy textile executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Air Force, 1943-1945. Member National Association Textile and Apparel Distributors (president 1969-1970), National Association Wholesalers, Salvation Army (life, chairman advisory board 1979), Rotary.

Interests

• Stamp collecting/philately, archaeology.

Connections

Married Martha Jane Clifton. 1 child, Patricia Ann Ledbetter Cole.

Father:

Hugh Ledbetter

Mother:

Landon (Elliott) Ledbetter

Spouse:

Martha Jane Clifton

child:

Patricia Ann Ledbetter Cole Ledbetter