Herbert Redd (Bolivar)'s Obituary
Herbert Barm Redd, 90, of Half Way died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Colonial Springs Nursing Home in Buffalo.
He was born Sept. 20, 1926, in Polk County, Missouri, near Half Way, the son of Andrew Jackson Redd and Lottie Ann Barham Redd.
He married Dorthy Marie Anderson on Nov. 6, 1949, and fathered two sons and one daughter.
He attended Brush Creek, Union Ridge and Halfway schools. While raising his family, he did custom harvesting, beef and dairy farming, and highway construction often working on weekends after working away from home during the week. He also helped build Stockton Dam. In retirement from highway construction, he took up volunteer fire fighting, owning several fire trucks, to pay back the community for looking out for his family when he was working away.
He is survived by son, Emmett and his wife, Judy, of Half Way; daughter, Pam Lakey and her husband, Farron, of Half Way; four grandchildren, Matt Lakey and wife, Lori, Emmily Bolen and husband, Joshua, Farrah Hill and husband Matt, and Nathan Redd and wife Bailey; three great-grand daughters, Morgan, Madison, and Mariah; brother, Tom R and wife Loraine; and sister-in-law, Georgia Kay Tuckness and husband, Steve, of Springfield; cousins, nieces, and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, son; Kent David, and brothers; Hobart and Ray Dean.
Memorial contributions can be made in Herbert’s name to the Polk Volunteer Fire Department.
Herbert Barm Redd, 90, of Half Way died Thursday, May 4, 2017 at Colonial Springs Nursing Home in Buffalo.
He was born Sept. 20, 1926, in Polk County, Missouri, near Half Way, the son of Andrew Jackson Redd and Lottie Ann Barham Redd.
He married Dorthy Marie Anderson on Nov. 6, 1949, and fathered two sons and one daughter.
He attended Brush Creek, Union Ridge and Halfway schools. While raising his family, he did custom harvesting, beef and dairy farming, and highway construction often working on weekends after working away from home during the week. He also helped build Stockton Dam. In retirement from highway construction, he took up volunteer fire fighting, owning several fire trucks, to pay back the community for looking out for his family when he was working away.
He is survived by son, Emmett and his wife, Judy, of Half Way; daughter, Pam Lakey and her husband, Farron, of Half Way; four grandchildren, Matt Lakey and wife, Lori, Emmily Bolen and husband, Joshua, Farrah Hill and husband Matt, and Nathan Redd and wife Bailey; three great-grand daughters, Morgan, Madison, and Mariah; brother, Tom R and wife Loraine; and sister-in-law, Georgia Kay Tuckness and husband, Steve, of Springfield; cousins, nieces, and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, son; Kent David, and brothers; Hobart and Ray Dean.
Memorial contributions can be made in Herbert’s name to the Polk Volunteer Fire Department.
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