Elsie Waldrep Obituary

ELSIE LEE WALDREP, 75, OF TUSCUMBIA, DIED TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2004. VISITATION WILL BE TODAY FROM 6:00 UNTIL 9:00 P.M. AT MORRISON FUNERAL HOME, TUSCUMBIA. THE FUNERAL WILL BE AT 2:00 P.M. AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF COLBERT HEIGHTS WITH BROTHER MIKE SAMS OFFICIATING AND BROTHER EDMOND JAMES READING THE EULOGY. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT MHOONTOWN CEMETERY.

MRS. WALDREP WAS A NATIVE OF CHEROKEE AND A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF COLBERT HEIGHTS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, SAM WALDREP, PARENTS CARL HENRY AND MOLLIE THOMPSON, SISTER, DORIS BORDEN, AND BROTHERS, CARL SIDNEY THOMPSON AND ARTHUR JOE THOMPSON.

MRS. WALDREP IS SURVIVED BY HER SON, FRANKLIN WALDREP AND WIFE GINA OF CHEROKEE, DAUGHTER, JUDY MEADOWS AND HUSBAND SAMMY MEADOWS OF TUSCUMBIA, BROTHERS, TERRY, LARRY, AND JIMMY THOMPSON, ALL OF CHEROKEE, RUBY JAMES OF BARTON, ELIZABETH HALL OF TUSCUMBIA, JEAN TAPP OF TUSCUMBIA, PAULINE HOLMES OF BARTON, JOYCE HARDY OF MUSCLE SHOALS, LINDA SMALLWOOD OF MUSCLE SHOALS, MARYLEE ELLIOT OF BARTON, AND KATHY WILBANKS OF CHEROKEE, GRANDCHILDREN, DALE FLEMING OF TUSCUMBIA, AMY MEADOWS OF TUSCUMBIA, BRIAN BORDEN OF CHEROKEE, AND JUSTIN WALDREP OF CHEROKEE, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, REBEKAH AND CAROLINE FLEMING OF TUSCUMBIA.

PALLBEARERS WILL BE DAVID BURCHAM, MATT BURCHAM, CHARLES KIMBROUGH, DANIEL INMAN, BOBBY FLANAGAN, AND DOUG GARRISON.

THE FAMILY WISHES TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO LORRIE KNIGHT, SHERRY COOPER, JOHN DAVIS, HOSPICE OF THE SHOALS, DR. LAWRENCE CARMICHAEL, AND THE FOURTH FLOOR NURSES AT HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO HOSPICE OF THE SHOALS, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF COLBERT HEIGHTS' BUILDING FUND AND MHOONTOWN CEMETERY FUND.

MORRISON FUNERAL HOME, TUSCUMBIA IS DIRECTING