Long Creek – Ronald E. Gadberry, 69, of Long Creek passed away at 7:22 p.m. August 18, 2010, in St. Mary’s Hospital.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday August 23, 2010, at Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, Mt. Zion. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Long Creek. Visitation will be from 3:00 till 6:00 p.m. Sunday, August 22, 2010 at Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, Mt. Zion. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.dawson-wikoff.com.
Ron was born October 2, 1940, in Decatur, the son of Arvis Ray and Vivian Fay (Gray) Gadberry. He was a 1958 graduate of Macon High School. He married Connie Gregory on September 2, 1960. He served his country in the Illinois Army National Guard. He owned and operated R.E. Gadberry and Son’s Disposal for many years and went on to own and operate Ron Gadberry Trucking. He formerly was an auxiliary Deputy with the Macon County Sheriffs Department. He was a member of the Decatur Chordsman Barbershop Quartet. He served for many years as a scorekeeper at the Macon Speedway.
Surviving is his companion: Joan Phillips of Long Creek; sons: Gregory Gadberry and his wife Martina of Sullivan, Stuart Gadberry of Lovington, and Mark Gadberry and his wife Chris of Long Creek; sisters Deana Gadberry of Decatur and Rita Randol and her husband Jim of Elwin; eight grandchildren, one great grandchild, several nieces and nephews and many great friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.
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| Hendrick Polanco |
My deepest condolences |
July 27, 2013 |
My deepest condolences. May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...
John 11:32-45
32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”
38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;
Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage
http://www.jw.org
| John (Joe) Sanders & Alcia(Sam |
Classmate He will be missed |
September 4, 2010 |
| Sheri Mahannah |
Gadberry sons |
August 24, 2010 |
My thoughts and prayers are with all 3 of you at this time. I will miss your dads silly jokes and crazy way he always made everyone laugh!! He was a wonderful person full of life. God rest his soul.....
| Don and Nila Byers |
friends |
August 24, 2010 |
You have our sympathy. You will be in our thoughts and prayers. Look to the Lord for peace and comfort. Sincerely, Don and Nila Byers
| Sue Farr |
Gadberry family |
August 23, 2010 |
Dear Family,
I am so sorry to hear of Ronnie's passing. He was such a joy to be around, and I always appreciated his closeness to all of our family. I am glad I was able to see him and many of the rest of you in April. You are in my prayers, and I trust that you will know the peace and comfort that comes from putting our trust in the Saviour whom God has given to us, even His precious Son the Lord Jesus Christ.
With love,
Sue (Mueller) Farr, cousin
