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Submitted: 7/4/14 • Approved: 7/4/14 • Last Updated: 7/7/14 • R1018290-G0-S3
MAJOR US Air Force
Korea
September 18, 1928 - January 30, 2013
*Obituary
couriernews.net
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Mr. Chester Abbott Caldwell Jr., 84, a lifelong resident of Blytheville, passed from this life Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013.
Mr. Caldwell was born Sept. 18, 1928, in Blytheville, to Chester Abbott and Ruth Hughes Caldwell.
Mr. Caldwell was a graduate of Blytheville High School and Duke University. He was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity, a veteran of the Korean War and retired as a Major in the United States Air Force. He spent his entire working career as a farmer and cotton ginner and was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Mr. Caldwell is survived by his wife, Doris Bean Caldwell of the home;
Two daughters, Catherine Caldwell Canale of Memphis and Constance Caldwell Walker of Montgomery, Ala.;
A son, Chester Abbott Caldwell III of Abilene, Texas;
Four grandsons, Zachary David Caldwell and Samuel Abbott Caldwell, both of Abilene, Texas, and James Edward Walker IV of Montgomery, Ala., and
A brother, Daniel Huffman Caldwell of Blytheville.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Elmwood Cemetery. The Rev. Steve Baillio will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Cobb Funeral Home.
Contributed on 7/4/14 by hawkinsdonna
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