Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:40 pm Monday, January 12, 2015

Freddy W. Waddle

Freddy W. Waddle

January 5, 2015

Freddy W. Waddle, 72, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 at the Red Bay Hospital. He was born in Itawamba County, Miss. and was a carpenter. He was of the Methodist faith and a member of Bay Springs Masonic Lodge.

Services were Thursday, Jan. 8, at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, RedBay, with Bro. Douglas Kitchens and Ron Deaton officiating. Burial was in RidgeCemetery, Golden, Miss.

Survivors are one daughter, Jennifer Deaton and husband, Kevin, Belmont, Miss.; one son, Wayne Waddle and wife, Kamiya, Florence; three grandchildren, Hanna Deaton and Dylan Deaton, both of Belmont, Miss., and Mackenzie Shinault, Florence; brothers and sisters, Janie Trigg, Salt Lake City, Utah, Reba Flurry and husband, Bill, Fulton, Miss., Frankie Crabb and Tommy, Baldwyn, Miss. and Danny Waddle, Marietta, Miss. and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Waddle, parents, Marion Dean Waddle and Adelle Tesseneer Waddle and brothers and sisters, Charles Waddle, Bob Waddle, Ricky Waddle, Bettye Johnson and Sue Ramey and a great-niece, Cyndal Cleveland.

Pallbearers were Robin Flurry, Ricky Johnson, Jason Johnson, Chris Ramey, Jeff Ramey, Stevie Waddle, Phillip Trigg, James Waddle, Jackie Waddle, Larry Gordon Bishop and Don Hall.

Visitation was Wednesday, Jan. 7, at Deaton Funeral Home, RedBay.

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