By Staff
November 29, 2003
Funeral for Emmett Nicholson Waldrep Jr., 77, of Trinity was Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Greg Standridge officiating.
Burial was in Bethel Cemetery in Hartselle.
Mr. Waldrep died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at Huntsville Hospital. He was born Nov. 10, 1926, in Lawrence County to Emmett Nicholson Waldrep Sr. and Cora Estelle Rylant Waldrep. He was retired from the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife after 25 years. He was a member of Caddo Congregational Christian Church and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
He is survived by his wife, Melva Jo Slaten Waldrep of Trinity; one daughter, Lucretia Jo Mobbs of Pelham; three sons, B. Dwain Waldrep of Birmingham, Thomas Nicholson Waldrep of Trinity and Timothy Darin Waldrep of Moulton; one brother, Jack Waldrep of Decatur; two sisters, Eloise Logan of Flint and Sally Shumate of Maricopa, Ariz.; 10 grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Gabe Waldrep, Sam Waldrep, Wayne Hamby, Zach Poskevich, Tim Graham and Andrew McCay.