CECIL E. GADDIS

DALLAS -- Cecil Edgar Gaddis, 55, of Dallas died Friday, Dec. 20, 1996, at Dallas.

He was born Aug. 25, 1941, at Jonesboro, Ill., to Cecil Albert and Betty C. Grear Gaddis.

He was retired from the U.S. Army and worked as a truck driver for McMurry Metal Co. He was a member of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Dallas and the Great Southwest Vietnam Vets.

Survivors include his mother of Dallas; a daughter, Betty of Hawaii; four brothers, Bob of Greenwood, Ark., Dick of Alton, Ill., Larry of Seminole, Texas, and Grear; and a sister, Beakay of San Diego.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hilleman & Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Garnett Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in the Jonesboro Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by VFW Post 3455 of Anna, Ill.