Parents Father: LEDBETTER, Lorenzo Dow Mother: GOULDING, Helen Gertrude Birth Born on June 06, 1929 in Portsmouth, VA Death Died on March 04, 2011 in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC Buried in Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC Marriages EWELL, Gwenda Irene Children LEDBETTER, Rebecca Ann: August 14, 1956 LEDBETTER, Robert B.: June 21, 1958 LEDBETTER, Carol Marie: October 11, 1961 Notes Occupation: Physician Obituary: ASHEVILLE - John Winslow "Doc" LedBetter, MD, 81, of Asheville, departed this life to encounter the next March 3, 2011 after an extended illness while being cared for at Clare Bridge Memory Care Center. John graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Va., and then went on to attend Wake Forest University and Bowman-Gray Medical School in Winston-Salem, N.C. It was in Winston-Salem that he met and married his wife Gwenda. They went on to Ann Arbor, Michigan where John studied neurology under the tutelage of Russell de Jong at the University of Michigan. This helped to satisfy his curiosity about the brain. John and Gwenda spent two years in Wichita Falls, Texas, to fulfill service to the U.S. Air Force. Then it was back to Michigan to finish up John's residency. John came to the mountains of Asheville to join two neurosurgeons Van Blaricom and McKeel in 1959 as the only neurologist. Therefore he became, so to speak, the founder of neurology in Western North Carolina. He later left the practice with Van Blaricom and McKeel to form Mountain Neurological. John lived his convictions with a strong sense of fairness supported by his faith in God and a strong sense of compassion, ethics, and service. John is survived by his wife, Gwenda E. LedBetter of Asheville; daughter, Rebecca LedBetter of Fletcher, N.C.; daughter, Carol L. Holder and husband, James, of Spartanburg, S.C.; and son, Robert B. LedBetter and wife, Celia Caldwell, of Missoula, Montana. John's four grandchildren include: Kimberly M. Patterson of Columbia, S.C., Katherine W. Patterson of San Francisco, Calif., and Molly Holder and Daniel Holder, both of Spartanburg. Survivors also include sister-in-law, Jackie S. LedBetter of Newport News, Va.; and nieces, Elizabeth L. Martin of Shallotte, N.C. and family and Kathryn L. Tester of Boone, N.C. and family. John is preceded in death by his brother, B. H. "Boots" LedBetter. The memorial service for John will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Asheville at 11 AM on Friday March 11, 2011. The Rev. Margaret Torrence will officiate. A reception will follow in Gardner Hall. Private interment will be at Riverside Cemetery. Asheville Citizen Times Ashville,NC Military Service: USAF Images John Ledbetter