Clayton Clifton Mr. Gaddy

Wadesboro - Mr. Clayton C. Gaddy, Sr., age 95, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at the Kerner Ridge Assisted Living Facility in Kernersville, NC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM Saturday at Leavitt Funeral Home with interment following in Anson Memorial Park. The family will greet friends prior to the service beginning at 1:00PM. Clayton was born in Anson County on April 10, 1919, a son of the late Emma Ethel Porter and Simeon McRae Gaddy. Clayton had five brothers and three sisters. He was a graduate of Wadesboro High School and Catawba College, where he played football and baseball. Upon graduation, Clayton served in the US Army Air Corps during WWII as a P-47 fighter pilot. He was married to the late Anna Bernice Green Gaddy for 66 years until her death in 2008. With over fifty years of service in the textile industry, Clayton retired from Wade Mfg. as Vice President of the finishing division. He was an avid hunter and golfer, and tremendously enjoyed fishing trips with friends and family to his home at Sunset Beach. Clayton was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church until his health failed. Survivors include his children, Kaye G. Morgan (Toby) and Jeanne G. Maynard both of Salisbury, Clayton C. Gaddy Jr. (Merry Anne) of Summerville, SC, Judy G. Sheetz (Greg) of Cornelius, and Sim Gaddy II (Rina) of Kernersville; 15 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Helen G. Hamden of Cheraw, SC. The family wishes to express their gratitude and appreciation to the wonderful staff at Kerner Ridge Assisted Living. Memorials may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675 or to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148.