UPSHUR COUNTY - KELSEY CEMETERY


Oscar Edward Redding,Jr.
Born: July 29, 1933
Died: January 22, 2016


U.S. Veteran   Graveside services for Mr. Oscar Edward Redding Jr., 82, of Gilmer will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 25, 2016 at Kelsey Cemetery with Bishop Tim Miller presiding under the direction of Croley Funeral Home in Gilmer. Interment will follow at Kelsey Cemetery in Upshur County. Mr. Redding passed away on Friday, January 22, 2016 in Fort Worth. 

He was born in Merryville, Louisiana on July 29, 1933, to Oscar Redding Sr. and Eloise Perry Redding. He married his wife Lelia Beth Bryant in August, 1954. Mr. Redding was a retired Heating & Air Conditioning Technician and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 

Mr. Redding is survived by his son, Walter Ethan Redding & wife Julie of Forth Worth; daughters, Leslye Ellen Whittemore & husband Rex of Gilmer and Laurel Elaine Lawson & husband Rick of Chubbuck, ID; 11 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. 

He is preceded in death by his parents, and wife Lelia Beth Redding in June 22, 2015. 

There will be no formal visitation scheduled.