William Wesley Gaddis
1885-1968
Source: The Florence Herald, Florence, Alabama
Friday, February 4, 1927, page 16
The Life Of W. Wesley Gaddis
William Wesley Gaddis was born April 3, 1885 in Marion County, Alabama. He was the son of John G. Gaddis (1864-1907) and Annie Grego Gaddis (1860-1944). He was married to Maggie Elody Mays (1887-1961) on October 12, 1903 in Marion County. They had five children: Della Naomi Gaddis (1903-1999); James Lloyd Gaddis (1905-1976); Myrtle Caroline Gaddis (1908-2001); Esther G. Edwards (1911-1997); and Jereldne Gaddis (1928-1930).
He preached the gospel in several places in Alabama, Tennessee and Texas. Reports of his local and evangelistic labors appeared in both the Firm Foundation and the Gospel Advocate. At Carbon Hill in the second decade of the 20th century, he lived at Cordova in 1925, at Waterloo, Alabama in 1927, at Florence, Alabama in 1928, and at Town Creek, Alabama between 1933 and 1934.
In 1938 he preached at the author's home congregation, South Haleyville in Winston County, Alabama. Between 1938 and 1941 he preached in Combes, Texas. He moved from there to Selmer, Tennessee, and back to Vernon, Alabama by 1951. His last days were in the northern Walker County, Alabama town of Nauvoo. He passed from this life January 31, 1968.
His remains were planted in the Fernwoods Cemetery. He was a long and endeared friend to the Lord’s church in Northwest Alabama many years.
-Scott Harp, 10.29.2021
Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, Gospel Advocate, Firm Foundation, various others.
The Southern Democrat, Oneonta, Alabama
Thursday, October 1, 1925, page 5
NOTE: Reference to Gus Nichols. He always considered brother Gaddis as one of his early teachers.
Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama
Wednesday, June 27, 1923, p.6
Move To Waterloo, Alabama in 1927
The Florence Herald, Florence, Alabama
Friday, February 4, 1927, page 15
The Florence Herald, Florence, Alabama
Friday, November 11 1927, page 3
Gospel Advocate Reports
Gospel Advocate, 10.18.1917, page 1018
Gospel Advocate, 09.23.1926, page 912
Firm Foundation, Tuesday, January 2, 1934, p.13
Firm Foundation, Tuesday, June 13, 1933, page 5
W. Wesley and Maggie Gaddis
Source: Ancestry.com
News of the Death of Mrs. Maggie Gaddis
The Advertiser and Marion County News-Journal, Haleyville, Alabama
Wednesday, December 20, 1961, page 12
Directions To Grave
The Gaddis family plot is in Old Flatwood Church near Nauvoo, Alabama. From Birmingham, Alabama take I-22 toward Corinth, Mississippi. A few miles past Jasper take the Nauvoo / Carbon Hill Exit. Take Hwy. 11 north. Go about 2 or 3 miles and turn left on Old Flatwood Rd. The church and cemetery will be on your right. GPS below is the actual location of the grave in the cemetery.
GPS Location
33°57'12.9"N 87°29'50.4"W
or D.d. 33.953595, -87.497330
Carl
Inf. Son of
W. W. & Maggie Gaddis
1907-1910
Irwin
Inf. Son Of
W. W. & Maggie Gaddis
1905-1906
Annie Gaddis
1861-1906
Mother of W. W. Gaddis
John Gaddis
1865-1937
Father of W. W. Gaddis
James Loyd Gaddis
F2 US Navy
World War II
May 7, 1913
April 25, 1979
GADDIS
W. Wesley - April 3, 1885 - January 31, 1968
Maggie E. - September 22, 1887 - December 14, 1961
Photos Taken 03.13.2013
Webpage produced 10.29.2021
Courtesy Of Scott Harp
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