Word had been received on the death of Elmer J. "Jack" Ledbetter, 79, Lawton. Mr. Ledbetter died Monday, July 13, 2015, at his residence. He was born August 12, 1935 in Oklahoma to Fred Jackson and Cora Eunice Ledbetter. He grew up in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and Bakersfield, California. He married Martha Sue Norman on August 1, 1990 in Bossier City, Louisiana. Jack had worked as an electrical superintendent in the paper mill industry and most recently had worked with Brown & Root at the Republic Paperboard plant in Lawton. He is survived by his wife, of the home; those he considered children, Nathan Wright and wife Lisa, Bixby, Oklahoma, Leigh Ann Mitchell and husband Aaron, Florien, Louisiana, Shawn Beasley and husband Gerald, Negreet, Louisiana and Tia Dickinson, Lawton; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; brother in law, Dudley & Laurie Norman, Bossier City, Louisiana; sister in law, Beverly Laird, San Antonio, Texas. His parents and two sisters preceded him in death.