Jeanette Bartleson Edmondson

Jeanette Bartleson Edmondson (6 June 1925 – 11 June 1990) was an American politician and former First lady of Oklahoma who served as the 22nd Secretary of State of Oklahoma as a member of the Democratic party from 18 January 1979 to 8 October 1987.

She married her childhood sweetheart James Howard Edmondson on 15 May 1946 in Muskogee, Oklahoma and went on to have three children.

[1] Following the election of her late husbands former Lieutenant Governor George Nigh to the governorship in 1978, Bartleson was appointed as the 22nd Secretary of State of Oklahoma on 18 January 1979.

[2] After her retirement from politics, Bartleson lived in Oklahoma City until her death on 11 June 1990, five days after her 65th birthday.

She was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City.