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Wallace Lafayette “Dub” Lindsey Jr.

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Wallace Lafayette “Dub” Lindsey Jr. Veteran

Birth
Mexia, Limestone County, Texas, USA
Death
11 Jul 2022 (aged 91)
Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA
Burial
Teague, Freestone County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services for W. L. (Dub) Lindsey will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Teague. Bro. Scott Matthews will officiate. Interment will follow the services at Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitation will be held prior to the services on Saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the church. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.

Mr. Lindsey passed away on Monday, July 11, 2022, at Ascension Providence Medical Center in Waco.

He was born in Mexia on December 1, 1930, and grew up in Tehuacana, but moved again and attended four different high schools. After graduating from Teague High School with the class of 1948, he enlisted in the U. S. Air Force. When he returned from his service, Dub went to work for an airline in New York. However, he was soon laid off and returned to Teague where he took a job at the railroad. Mr. Lindsey completed a twenty-seven year career with the railroad and retired in 1994. Dub was well known in Teague for many years between his railroad career and operating Bendy's with his wife, and especially drinking coffee early in the mornings in numerous establishments over the years and enjoying deep conversations with other area men. Mr. Lindsey was a member of First Baptist Church in Teague.

He is survived by six children, Tim Hedrick & wife Lea, Warren Hedrick & wife April, Libby Goolsby & husband Jamie, Wally Lindsey & wife Angela, Bennie Miller, and Ruth Allison; twelve grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, including a special nephew, Bill Allison & wife Sue, other relatives and friends

Mr. Lindsey was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Margaret Fulton Lindsey; and four sisters, Mary Russ, La Rue Allison, Bernice Fuller, and Winnie Free.
Funeral services for W. L. (Dub) Lindsey will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Teague. Bro. Scott Matthews will officiate. Interment will follow the services at Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitation will be held prior to the services on Saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the church. There will be no visitation at the funeral home.

Mr. Lindsey passed away on Monday, July 11, 2022, at Ascension Providence Medical Center in Waco.

He was born in Mexia on December 1, 1930, and grew up in Tehuacana, but moved again and attended four different high schools. After graduating from Teague High School with the class of 1948, he enlisted in the U. S. Air Force. When he returned from his service, Dub went to work for an airline in New York. However, he was soon laid off and returned to Teague where he took a job at the railroad. Mr. Lindsey completed a twenty-seven year career with the railroad and retired in 1994. Dub was well known in Teague for many years between his railroad career and operating Bendy's with his wife, and especially drinking coffee early in the mornings in numerous establishments over the years and enjoying deep conversations with other area men. Mr. Lindsey was a member of First Baptist Church in Teague.

He is survived by six children, Tim Hedrick & wife Lea, Warren Hedrick & wife April, Libby Goolsby & husband Jamie, Wally Lindsey & wife Angela, Bennie Miller, and Ruth Allison; twelve grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews, including a special nephew, Bill Allison & wife Sue, other relatives and friends

Mr. Lindsey was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Margaret Fulton Lindsey; and four sisters, Mary Russ, La Rue Allison, Bernice Fuller, and Winnie Free.


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