Henry, Tenn.–Former Henry County Sheriff’s Deputy, Henry Constable and Alderman and long-time business owner Gordon Ray McFadden, age 91 of Henry, passed away Sunday, December 16.
McFadden was the sole owner/operator of McFadden’s Auto Parts and Garage since 1955. He was the oldest sole proprietor in Henry Co. when he died.
He also was a member of Henry Methodist Church and was a WWII Army veteran and was a school bus driver.
His funeral service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 19 at Henry Methodist Church with Tammy Blankenship, Tom Smith, Bud Merwin, Roger Graham, Alan Trull and David Irby officiating. Burial will follow the service in Henry Cemetery with Rev. Debra E. McGuire conducting the committal with military rites.
Named as pallbearers are: Steven McFadden II, Dustin McClure, Jeff Finley, Eugene Finley, Michael Finley, Billy Joe McFadden, Danny Joe Melton, Tommy McFadden, Jr., Tim Reeves, and Monte Belew; honorary pallbearers: David Varner, Van Howell, Gene Page, Jerry Rayburn, Lloyd Lewis, Nathan Replogle, Phillip Steele, Dennis Irby, Eddie Turner, Randy Cate, Ted Finley, Harold Smothers, Terry Schukert, and Joseph Erdely, Jr.
Visitation is scheduled on Tuesday at McEvoy Funeral Home from 4 until 7 p.m. and on Wednesday at Henry Methodist Church after 10 a.m. until time of service.
Gordon Ray McFadden was born September 7, 1927 in McKenzie, to the late Bruce Slatin McFadden and the late Alice Mildred Haynes Hundley. He married Bobbye Lee Dinwiddie McFadden on March 23, 1946 and she preceded him in death on April 27, 1987. Gordon is survived by daughter: Susan (Dennis) McClure of Henry; son: Steven Ray (Karen) McFadden of Clarksville; grandchildren: Steven Ray McFadden II, Kelley Elizabeth (John) Quick, Keri Lynette (Jordan) Knott, and Dustin Glen (Abbie) McClure; great grandchildren: McKenzie and Olivia Quick, Madison and Jesse McFadden, Kinslee, Jocee, and Jameson Knott, Warren and Falynn McClure; sisters: Jane (Harold) Smothers and Judy (Ted) Finley all of McKenzie, Kathy (Tim) Gearin of Gleason; brothers: Billy (Peggy) McFadden of Huntsville, Alabama and Kenneth (Martha) McFadden of Louisville, Kentucky; and companion: Donna Erdely of Henry. Besides his parents and wife, Mr. McFadden is also preceded by sisters: Madeline Barker, June Howell, and Shirley Pierce; brother: Tommy McFadden and another brother who preceded at birth.
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