Henry J. Ledbetter

HENRY AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS JAY" WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 24,1970, TO THE LATE MARY ELIZEBETH LEDBETTER AND HENRY JAMES LEDBETTER, JR. HENRY JAMES LEDBETTER "JAY", DEPARTED HIS EARTHLY LIFE ON JANUARY 06, 2026 AT THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVED ONES, DUE TO AN EXTENDED ILLNESS.

JAY ATTENDED VINELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. SHORTLY AFTER HE WORKED FOR THE LOCAL 415 LABOR UNION FOR 10 YEARS, JAY THEN BECAME AN ENTREPRENEUR. OPENING HIS OWN BUSINESS "JR JANITORIAL". JAY WAS A DEDICATED HUSBAND, FATHER, POP-POP, BROTHER, FRIEND AND UNCLE. JAY WAS AN AVID STEELERS AND LAKERS FAN AS WE ALL KNOW! WE KNOW HE LOVED US ALL. BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF HE LOVED US MORE THAN THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS. JAY ENJOYED TRAVELING AND GOING OUT ON DATES WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE LONNETTE. WHEN IT COMES TO HIS CHILDREN HE ALWAYS WAS A SUPER FATHER AND HE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT THEY SHARED. HE TOOK THE PART OF BECOMING A POP-POP TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. HE ENJOYED PLAYING WITH THE CHILDREN JOKING & LOVING ON THEM. JAY LOVED HIS FAMILY AND ALWAYS EXPRESSED IT IN MANY WAYS. BEING A HUSBAND. BROTHER. FATHER AND POP-POP IS WHAT HE LIVED FOR.

HE NOW LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS SWEET MEMORIES WITH; HIS WIFE, LONNETTE LEDBETTER; HIS STEP-MOTHER, GLENA LEDBETTER; SIX DAUGHTERS, TAQUONA LEDBETTER, TYRESSE HAROLD, T'SHEA BOWMAN, ALEXIS MADDOX, ALACHIA MADDOX AND NA'JAH LEDBETTER; FOUR SONS, IAN ALEXANDER, HENRY 4TH (LIL JAY) LEDBETTER, MATTHEW BROOME AND JAQUAN LEDBETTER; TWENTY-TWO GRANDCHILDREN; A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES, ONE GODSON DERRON BARTLEY; HIS CHILDHOOD BROTHERS AS WELL, VINCENT HART, ZACH DOUGLAS (BIG MAN), ROOSELVET HART (RO), DARWIN COOPER (BOOBIE), EDDIE POPE (POPE), ANTHONY WILLIAMS, AND CARL PEIRCE; FIVE SISTERS, TANISHA GREEN, DONNA FRAIZER (LEROY), CYNTHIA GODWIN (JESSE) AND ZEITA LEDBETTER; FOUR BROTHERS, RONALD GREEN (KIM), MARCUS LEDBETTER (DARLENE), PAUL MASON AND GLENN LEDBETTER. HENRY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY; HIS FATHER, HENRY LEDBETTER JR. AND HIS MOTHER, MARY E. LEDBETTER; HIS BROTHER, DAVID LEDBETTER (MIA); GRANDPARENTS, JEANETTE HALL. AND JASPER L THOMAS, HENRY SR. AND FANNIE MAE MCNEIL; HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND, TOMMY MOORE (NICK AT NIGHT;) AND UNCLE "CAL" JAMES C. LEDBETTER.

LOVINGLY SUBMITTED, THE FAMILY

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 AT 11 AM AT GLORY TABERNACLE CHURCH, 1018 BUCKSHUTEM RD., BRIDGETON. FRIENDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE CHURCH FROM 9 AM TO 11 AM PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. INTERMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT CEDAR HILL MEMORIAL PARK IN HOPEWELL TWP FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. WRITTEN CONDOLENCES CAN BE SENT TO THE FAMILY THROUGH THE FUNERAL HOME WEBSITE WWW.PADGETTFUNERALHOMES.COM.