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- Willie "Bill" Waldrip: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - April 19, 2011
Deceased Name: Willie "Bill" Waldrip
BOYD - Willie "Bill" Waldrip, 80, of Boyd for over a year and formerly of Irving, died Sunday, April 17, 2011, in Burleson.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday in Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial: to follow in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home.
Memorials: Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 15186, Austin, Texas 78761.
Born April 19, 1930, in Boyd, he was the son of Dee J. and Lillie Hanner Waldrip. Bill was employed by American Airlines as an aircraft engineer for 33 years. On July 15, 1994, in Irving, he married Honoree Harris. He played the guitar, sang and he loved to whittle.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Donna Waldrip; nephew, Virgil Dee Waldrip; and brothers, Ernest and Raymond Waldrip.
Survivors: His wife, Honoree Waldrip of Irving; children, Bobbie Tate of Burleson, Ricky Waldrip of Keller, Dreama Johns of Watauga, Regina Anderson of Fort Worth; eight grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; brother, Albert Waldrip and wife, Mary, of Fort Worth; sisters, Vessie Adams of Boyd, Velma Hammett and husband, Floyd, of Odessa; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home
Irving, 972-579-1313
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Edition: Main
Page: A11,12,13
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