Freddie McWhorter
Freddie Gene McWhorter, 89 of Richardson, passed away at Baylor Hospital-Carrollton on December 21, 2016. His funeral service will be 10:30 AM, Friday, December 23, 2016 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bill Shaddox and Mr. Hubert Lytle officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday at the funeral home.
The youngest of 8 siblings, he was born September 26, 1927 in Greenville, to Francis Marvin McWhorter and Sarah Dove Strong. He graduated from Greenville High School in 1944. He served in the U. S. Army from 1946 to 1947 as an instructor and in the Military Police. He married Vivian Mozelle Duncan on September 28, 1947. They were married 55 years until her death in 2003.
He was employed at Union Carbide Chemical Company in Texas City, Texas as a chemical operator making Prestone Antifreeze. He retired after working 48 years. He and Mozelle then moved to the Cash community in 1995. They enjoyed attending Bluegrass Music Festivals where he picked at the Dobro. They were members of Salem-Kinser United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Terri and Larry Lansford; grandson, Trey Lansford and wife, Megan, and their children, Jack, Claire, Hannah and Preston; grandson, Luke McWhorter Lansford and wife, Ashley, and their sons, Lane and Landon.
Pallbearers will be Ricky Holloway, Jeff Johnson, Bud Johnson, Dugan Morphew, Nate Williams and Kyle Allen.
The family requests memorials be made to Salem-Kinser United Methodist Church, 1315 Rees St., Greenville, Texas 75401.