Hopkins Co. TX - Rev. E. D. Gaddy

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Gaddy, E. D., Rev. - A gloom of sadness passed over the entire county
Tuesday, when it was learned that E. D. Gaddy had died at his home
northwest of Sulphur Springs after a few days illness with pneumonia. The
Baptist church mourns the lost of one of her best ministers who during
the past forty years has led hundreds and hundreds to accept Christ as a
personal Savior and lead clean lives. E. D. Gaddy was born in Anson
County, North Carolina, March 30, 1851. He was ordained to ministry by
the Marshall Springs Baptist Church, Titus County, Texas, November 18,
1883, Presbytery J. B. Riddle, H. H. Mathews, and I. R. Riddle. He died
February 10, 1920. He was married to Miss Jane Blake of Gray Rock, in
Franklin County, Texas, February 5, 1874. To this happy union were born
five children, three of whom died in infancy, Mrs. W. G. Smith of Sulphur
Springs, and Mrs. W. J. Brewer of Perryton, Texas, survive. Mrs. Gaddy
died December 8, 1881. He married Miss Claudie Hall of Mt. Vernon, Texas,
September 6, 1885. To this union were born seven children, one dying in
infancy. He is survived by Mrs. E. D. Gaddy, and the following children:
Mrs. J. W. Hollums, Altus, Okla.; J. R. Gaddy, Terrell, Okla.; E. U.
Gaddy, Dallas, Texas; Mark and Earl Gaddy, Sulphur Springs, Texas. He has
two brothers and three sisters still in Anson County, North Carolina. He
has been pastor of the Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church
twenty-nine years and six months. Bro. Gaddy was also the pastor of the
Campbell and Independence churches at the time of his death. He served as
Missionary of the Rehoboth Association for ten years. He has been
chairman of Hopkins County Association since its organization fourteen
years ago. For a number of years he was a member of the Executive Board
of the State Association, also President of this body for some time. For
four or five years he was president of the Baptist General Association of
the Southern States. He was also a member of the Sunday School Board
located at Texarkana, Texas. (Hopkins County Echo, Fri., Feb. 13, 1920)