TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for CADDEN, CARLA (WALL)    

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Apr. 14 to Apr. 15, 2014

Died: Sunday, April 13, 2014

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CADDEN, CARLA (WALL)  

Carla Yvonne Wall Cadden, 63, died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at North Mississippi 
Medical Center Hospice in Tupelo, Miss. 
She was born March 5, 1951, in Starkville, Miss. 

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at E.E. Pickle Funeral Home in Amory, 
Miss., and from 9 a.m. until funeral time Wednesday at Amory Church of Christ. 
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with Philip 
Hathcock officiating. 

Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery. 

Pallbearers will be Steve Wall, Tim Wall, Charles Turner, Roger Cadden, Austin 
Cadden, and Johnnie Turner. 

She is survived by her parents, Tommy and Carrie Freeman Wall, of Amory, Miss.; 
children, Erica (Matt) Zook, of Ft. Myers, Fla., and James Aaron (Ginger 
Poarch) Cadden, of Amory, Miss.; grandchildren, Natalie and Rachel Zook and 
Moses and Edith Cadden; siblings, Steve Wall, of Thibodaux, Davan (Michael) 
Walton, of Shreveport, Laurie (Daryl) Bates, of Fredericksburg, Va., Teddie 
Butcher, of Hoover, Ala., and Tim (Molly) Wall, of Laurel, Miss.; brother-in-
law, Roger (Peggy) Cadden, of Amory, Miss., and their children, Austin and 
Valerie; sisters-in-law, Cathy Cadden, and Dee Cadden Close and her son, 
Matthew. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Reed "Ricky" Cadden Jr.; 
grandparents, Johnnie and Elma Freeman; and father and mother-in-law, Homer and 
Mamie Cadden. 

Growing up, Carla lived in Starkville, Miss., Holcomb, Miss., and Thibodaux, 
graduating from Thibodaux High School in 1969, where she was a member of the 
National Honor Society. Upon graduation, she attended Nicholls State University 
in Thibodaux. Working as a telephone operator for South Central Bell in Houma, 
she transferred to work in the Columbus office. 
On weekends, she would visit her grandparents and aunt, Mary (Charles) Turner 
in Amory, Miss. 
Through her matchmaker, Aunt Mary, Carla met her husband, Homer Reed "Ricky" 
Cadden Jr., son of Homer and Mamie Cadden. 
Carla and Ricky were married June 21, 1974, and lived a very full life. Ricky 
worked for Exxon and on offshore oil rigs. He worked in Bergen, Norway, and 
Thibodaux. 
They made lifelong friends while in Norway. They loved to travel and see new 
countries, and were very generous people. Carla was a member of the Church of 
Christ, being baptized at age 9 in Holcomb. Faithful, she loved her church 
family like her own, especially the church in Houma. Carla taught children's 
and women's Bible classes, planned special retreats, organized Ladies' Days, 
and served as a camp cook. She excelled at planning and organization for the 
church. Having a great mind for memorization, Carla always remembered family 
and friends' birthdays and special occasions. 

Having battled various illnesses for the last several years, Carla is now at 
peace. 

E.E. Pickle Funeral Home in Amory, Miss., is in charge of arrangements.   

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