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Mrs. C. E. Gaddis Dies at age 87
Wetumpka lost one of its oldest and most beloved women, her children lost a mother in the deepest definition of the name, and her friends lost one who cannot be replaced in death of Mrs. Cynthia Ella Gaddis, who passed away Wednesday afternoon, Jan 26. On next April 24, she would have celebrated her 88th birthday anniversary . She kept her natural faculties to the end and was sick only a week before death come in the local hospital. She is survived by four sons and four daughters.
Mrs. Gaddis was born in Tallapoosa County, near Camp Hill, Ala., daughter of Col. John Greene Bass and Sarah Hutchison Bass. Col. Bass was appointed warden of Wetumpka Prison at the time the only prison in Alabama. The shade trees planted by him in front of the old prison building stand today as a living memorial to him.
Mrs. Gaddis was a cousin of former Gov. J.W. Jelks, of Alabama and a descendant of Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame. She spent her early girlhood in Letohatchie and attended school in Lafayette. She was married to Judge William Peace Gaddis, a lieutenant in Company C, 61st Alabama Regiment, serving with Battle's Brigade, and paroled with Rhodes' Division. She spent her married life in the Gaddis home on Pine St. Judge Gaddis passed away in March 1899, but this intelligent, gentle mother completed his unfinished task. She was a Charter member and first president of John G. Gordon Chapter, United Daughters of Confederacy and active in its work, being named Honorary Life President.
The deceased was a lifelong member of First Methodist Church of Wetumpka, and used her musical talent in the service of the choir for many years. She lived a long, busy life, crowned with Christian activities, and her presence was a challenge to gloom. She was a lover of the beautiful and stresses the good in people, never emphasizing their failures or faults.
Funeral Services were held Friday morning 10:30 from the residence, with Rev. T.S. Harris officiating, Evans Funeral Home in charge. A casket blanket of snowy white carnations and Easter lilies were her children's parting expression of their love.
Pallbearers were: active -- Lloyd Lancaster, G.B. Smith, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Leon DeBardelaben, John Moore and Parker Sedberryl honorary -- Ed Lloyd, Dr. J.F. Sewell, E.O. Waites, Ben Fitzpatrick, Gordon Robinson, Lamar Cantelou, W.E. Strickland, Will Lacy, Jr., W.M. Pennington, Walter Knabe, Ernest Knabe and E.B. Ellis.
All of Mrs. Gaddis' children except one were present at the funeral. Capt. William P. Gaddis U.S. Army (should have been Navy) stationed at Berkeley, Calif., was detained by pressing Army (Navy) duties. Those present were: Four daughters: Mrs. Bessie Gray, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Stella Gaddis Wittjen, Hitchcock, Texas, Miss Eleanor Gaddis and Miss Genevieve Gaddis, Wetumpka, three sons: John B. Gaddis, Wetumpka, Charles B. Gaddis, Houston, Tex., and Judge Franklin Gaddis, Prattville.
Among the out-of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral from the residence were: Mrs. Bessie Gray, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Stella Wittjen, Hitchcock, Tex., Charlie Gaddis, Houston, Tex., Judge and Mrs. Franklin Gaddis and son, Bobby of Prattville, Mr. and Mrs Julian Snider of Montgomery, Earnest Knabe, Mrs. Allen Rankin, Jr., Allen Rankin, Sr., Montgomery, O. P. Carlisle, Dadeville, Thomas Carlisle, Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, Mr. and Mrs Floyd Smith, Mr. William J. Smith, Mrs. Ellen Holloway, Mrs. W.H. Moncrief, Mrs. McNeal Smith, Mrs Avery Fay, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. Maude Ward, Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Lewis Gillespie all of Prattville.
Mrs. C. E. Gaddis Dies at age 87
Wetumpka lost one of its oldest and most beloved women, her children lost a mother in the deepest definition of the name, and her friends lost one who cannot be replaced in death of Mrs. Cynthia Ella Gaddis, who passed away Wednesday afternoon, Jan 26. On next April 24, she would have celebrated her 88th birthday anniversary . She kept her natural faculties to the end and was sick only a week before death come in the local hospital. She is survived by four sons and four daughters.
Mrs. Gaddis was born in Tallapoosa County, near Camp Hill, Ala., daughter of Col. John Greene Bass and Sarah Hutchison Bass. Col. Bass was appointed warden of Wetumpka Prison at the time the only prison in Alabama. The shade trees planted by him in front of the old prison building stand today as a living memorial to him.
Mrs. Gaddis was a cousin of former Gov. J.W. Jelks, of Alabama and a descendant of Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame. She spent her early girlhood in Letohatchie and attended school in Lafayette. She was married to Judge William Peace Gaddis, a lieutenant in Company C, 61st Alabama Regiment, serving with Battle's Brigade, and paroled with Rhodes' Division. She spent her married life in the Gaddis home on Pine St. Judge Gaddis passed away in March 1899, but this intelligent, gentle mother completed his unfinished task. She was a Charter member and first president of John G. Gordon Chapter, United Daughters of Confederacy and active in its work, being named Honorary Life President.
The deceased was a lifelong member of First Methodist Church of Wetumpka, and used her musical talent in the service of the choir for many years. She lived a long, busy life, crowned with Christian activities, and her presence was a challenge to gloom. She was a lover of the beautiful and stresses the good in people, never emphasizing their failures or faults.
Funeral Services were held Friday morning 10:30 from the residence, with Rev. T.S. Harris officiating, Evans Funeral Home in charge. A casket blanket of snowy white carnations and Easter lilies were her children's parting expression of their love.
Pallbearers were: active -- Lloyd Lancaster, G.B. Smith, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Leon DeBardelaben, John Moore and Parker Sedberryl honorary -- Ed Lloyd, Dr. J.F. Sewell, E.O. Waites, Ben Fitzpatrick, Gordon Robinson, Lamar Cantelou, W.E. Strickland, Will Lacy, Jr., W.M. Pennington, Walter Knabe, Ernest Knabe and E.B. Ellis.
All of Mrs. Gaddis' children except one were present at the funeral. Capt. William P. Gaddis U.S. Army (should have been Navy) stationed at Berkeley, Calif., was detained by pressing Army (Navy) duties. Those present were: Four daughters: Mrs. Bessie Gray, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Stella Gaddis Wittjen, Hitchcock, Texas, Miss Eleanor Gaddis and Miss Genevieve Gaddis, Wetumpka, three sons: John B. Gaddis, Wetumpka, Charles B. Gaddis, Houston, Tex., and Judge Franklin Gaddis, Prattville.
Among the out-of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral from the residence were: Mrs. Bessie Gray, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Stella Wittjen, Hitchcock, Tex., Charlie Gaddis, Houston, Tex., Judge and Mrs. Franklin Gaddis and son, Bobby of Prattville, Mr. and Mrs Julian Snider of Montgomery, Earnest Knabe, Mrs. Allen Rankin, Jr., Allen Rankin, Sr., Montgomery, O. P. Carlisle, Dadeville, Thomas Carlisle, Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, Mr. and Mrs Floyd Smith, Mr. William J. Smith, Mrs. Ellen Holloway, Mrs. W.H. Moncrief, Mrs. McNeal Smith, Mrs Avery Fay, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. Maude Ward, Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Lewis Gillespie all of Prattville.
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Mrs. C. E. Gaddis Dies at age 87
Wetumpka lost one of its oldest and most beloved women, her children lost a mother in the deepest definition of the name, and her friends lost one who cannot be replaced in death of Mrs. Cynthia Ella Gaddis, who passed away Wednesday afternoon, Jan 26. On next April 24, she would have celebrated her 88th birthday anniversary . She kept her natural faculties to the end and was sick only a week before death come in the local hospital. She is survived by four sons and four daughters.
Mrs. Gaddis was born in Tallapoosa County, near Camp Hill, Ala., daughter of Col. John Greene Bass and Sarah Hutchison Bass. Col. Bass was appointed warden of Wetumpka Prison at the time the only prison in Alabama. The shade trees planted by him in front of the old prison building stand today as a living memorial to him.
Mrs. Gaddis was a cousin of former Gov. J.W. Jelks, of Alabama and a descendant of Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame. She spent her early girlhood in Letohatchie and attended school in Lafayette. She was married to Judge William Peace Gaddis, a lieutenant in Company C, 61st Alabama Regiment, serving with Battle's Brigade, and paroled with Rhodes' Division. She spent her married life in the Gaddis home on Pine St. Judge Gaddis passed away in March 1899, but this intelligent, gentle mother completed his unfinished task. She was a Charter member and first president of John G. Gordon Chapter, United Daughters of Confederacy and active in its work, being named Honorary Life President.
The deceased was a lifelong member of First Methodist Church of Wetumpka, and used her musical talent in the service of the choir for many years. She lived a long, busy life, crowned with Christian activities, and her presence was a challenge to gloom. She was a lover of the beautiful and stresses the good in people, never emphasizing their failures or faults.
Funeral Services were held Friday morning 10:30 from the residence, with Rev. T.S. Harris officiating, Evans Funeral Home in charge. A casket blanket of snowy white carnations and Easter lilies were her children's parting expression of their love.
Pallbearers were: active -- Lloyd Lancaster, G.B. Smith, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Leon DeBardelaben, John Moore and Parker Sedberryl honorary -- Ed Lloyd, Dr. J.F. Sewell, E.O. Waites, Ben Fitzpatrick, Gordon Robinson, Lamar Cantelou, W.E. Strickland, Will Lacy, Jr., W.M. Pennington, Walter Knabe, Ernest Knabe and E.B. Ellis.
All of Mrs. Gaddis' children except one were present at the funeral. Capt. William P. Gaddis U.S. Army (should have been Navy) stationed at Berkeley, Calif., was detained by pressing Army (Navy) duties. Those present were: Four daughters: Mrs. Bessie Gray, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Stella Gaddis Wittjen, Hitchcock, Texas, Miss Eleanor Gaddis and Miss Genevieve Gaddis, Wetumpka, three sons: John B. Gaddis, Wetumpka, Charles B. Gaddis, Houston, Tex., and Judge Franklin Gaddis, Prattville.
Among the out-of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral from the residence were: Mrs. Bessie Gray, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Stella Wittjen, Hitchcock, Tex., Charlie Gaddis, Houston, Tex., Judge and Mrs. Franklin Gaddis and son, Bobby of Prattville, Mr. and Mrs Julian Snider of Montgomery, Earnest Knabe, Mrs. Allen Rankin, Jr., Allen Rankin, Sr., Montgomery, O. P. Carlisle, Dadeville, Thomas Carlisle, Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, Mr. and Mrs Floyd Smith, Mr. William J. Smith, Mrs. Ellen Holloway, Mrs. W.H. Moncrief, Mrs. McNeal Smith, Mrs Avery Fay, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. Maude Ward, Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Lewis Gillespie all of Prattville.
Mrs. C. E. Gaddis Dies at age 87
Wetumpka lost one of its oldest and most beloved women, her children lost a mother in the deepest definition of the name, and her friends lost one who cannot be replaced in death of Mrs. Cynthia Ella Gaddis, who passed away Wednesday afternoon, Jan 26. On next April 24, she would have celebrated her 88th birthday anniversary . She kept her natural faculties to the end and was sick only a week before death come in the local hospital. She is survived by four sons and four daughters.
Mrs. Gaddis was born in Tallapoosa County, near Camp Hill, Ala., daughter of Col. John Greene Bass and Sarah Hutchison Bass. Col. Bass was appointed warden of Wetumpka Prison at the time the only prison in Alabama. The shade trees planted by him in front of the old prison building stand today as a living memorial to him.
Mrs. Gaddis was a cousin of former Gov. J.W. Jelks, of Alabama and a descendant of Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame. She spent her early girlhood in Letohatchie and attended school in Lafayette. She was married to Judge William Peace Gaddis, a lieutenant in Company C, 61st Alabama Regiment, serving with Battle's Brigade, and paroled with Rhodes' Division. She spent her married life in the Gaddis home on Pine St. Judge Gaddis passed away in March 1899, but this intelligent, gentle mother completed his unfinished task. She was a Charter member and first president of John G. Gordon Chapter, United Daughters of Confederacy and active in its work, being named Honorary Life President.
The deceased was a lifelong member of First Methodist Church of Wetumpka, and used her musical talent in the service of the choir for many years. She lived a long, busy life, crowned with Christian activities, and her presence was a challenge to gloom. She was a lover of the beautiful and stresses the good in people, never emphasizing their failures or faults.
Funeral Services were held Friday morning 10:30 from the residence, with Rev. T.S. Harris officiating, Evans Funeral Home in charge. A casket blanket of snowy white carnations and Easter lilies were her children's parting expression of their love.
Pallbearers were: active -- Lloyd Lancaster, G.B. Smith, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Leon DeBardelaben, John Moore and Parker Sedberryl honorary -- Ed Lloyd, Dr. J.F. Sewell, E.O. Waites, Ben Fitzpatrick, Gordon Robinson, Lamar Cantelou, W.E. Strickland, Will Lacy, Jr., W.M. Pennington, Walter Knabe, Ernest Knabe and E.B. Ellis.
All of Mrs. Gaddis' children except one were present at the funeral. Capt. William P. Gaddis U.S. Army (should have been Navy) stationed at Berkeley, Calif., was detained by pressing Army (Navy) duties. Those present were: Four daughters: Mrs. Bessie Gray, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Stella Gaddis Wittjen, Hitchcock, Texas, Miss Eleanor Gaddis and Miss Genevieve Gaddis, Wetumpka, three sons: John B. Gaddis, Wetumpka, Charles B. Gaddis, Houston, Tex., and Judge Franklin Gaddis, Prattville.
Among the out-of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral from the residence were: Mrs. Bessie Gray, Orlando, Fla., Mrs. Stella Wittjen, Hitchcock, Tex., Charlie Gaddis, Houston, Tex., Judge and Mrs. Franklin Gaddis and son, Bobby of Prattville, Mr. and Mrs Julian Snider of Montgomery, Earnest Knabe, Mrs. Allen Rankin, Jr., Allen Rankin, Sr., Montgomery, O. P. Carlisle, Dadeville, Thomas Carlisle, Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith, Mr. and Mrs Floyd Smith, Mr. William J. Smith, Mrs. Ellen Holloway, Mrs. W.H. Moncrief, Mrs. McNeal Smith, Mrs Avery Fay, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. Maude Ward, Mr. Harvey Lewis and Mr. Lewis Gillespie all of Prattville.
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