Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Ledbetter, Anna, Aileen and Irene, 1929
27 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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LEDBETTER, ANNA
LEDBETTER, AILEEN
LEDBETTER, IRENE
(20 Nov 1929, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Mother and Two Daughters Will Be Buried At Canute Cemetery.
Triple funeral services for Mrs. Ann Ledbetter, wife of John Ledbetter,
and for the couple's two infant daughters, who perished in the fire which
occurred at their home in Oklahoma City late Monday will be held at the
St. Francis church, near Canute, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.  Burial
will take place in the St. Francis cemetery.
Bodies of the three fire victims arrived here last night from Oklahoma
City and were taken in charge by Grubitz & Son, of this city.  Mrs.
Ledbetter, who was about 30 years of age, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Schreck, of Canute, and was well known here.  Mr. Ledbetter's mother,
Mrs. Carrie Ledbetter, lives three miles southeast of this city.
Poured Kerosene in Stove.
The tragedy, which resulted in the death of Mrs. Ledbetter and her two
youngest children, Aileen, 3, and Irene, 11 months old, occurred when the
mother poured kerosene into a stove, trying to rekindle a fire.  An
explosion followed and Mrs. Ledbetter's clothing was set on fire.  She
tried to save her daughters and finally attracted attention of neighbors
who assisted her in getting them from the house.  The mother and two
daughters then were rushed to an Oklahoma City hospital where all died,
Mrs. Ledbetter living a few hours longer than her daughters.
Mr. Ledbetter, who is employed in the packing plant of Wilson & Company in
Oklahoma City, was away from the home at the time of the tragedy.  Three
of the couple's sons, Herman, 9, Wilford, 8, and Clifford, 6, were in
school at the time and escaped danger in the fire.
The fire, which took the lives of the three members of the family, also
destroyed the Ledbetter home.  Mr. Ledbetter, on learning of the loss of
his wife and two children, was prostrated with grief and had to be taken
to a hospital in Oklahoma City where he was placed under the care of
nurses.

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