Is Joe Bob any kin to Marcell Ledbetter in the Jerry Clower stories? Marcell had two brothers named Udell and Raynell. My favorite story is when the Pastor was to come over to the Ledbetter house to visit and eat supper with them. We'll the red-neck family was nervous as they had never had a Pastor over and they wanted to impress him. While at the table one of the boys reached for a knife to put butter on a biscuit. He smeared the butter on the biscuit and placed the knife back in the butter, when Pa slapped the boy out of his chair. Pa scolded, "boy you better lick that knife off before you put it back".

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