Lawless asked."Is Joe Bob any kin to Marcell Ledbetter in the Jerry Clower stories?"

I would expect so, Lawless......all East Texas rednecks are kin to one another....they like to keep their wisdom within famlies and have a deep inner kinship, if you know what I mean.

I heard tell of Marsell....one time his sister was asked if she had ever had arthritis.....she said when she was younger she had had all them Ritus brothers and Arthur was the best one out of the whole bunch.