Kale M. (Dick) Maddux
Kale M. (Dick) Maddux, 90 of Greenville, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas. Funeral services will be 4:00 PM, Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Royce Litchfield officiating. Burial will be at Pinecrest Cemetery in Mena, Arkansas.
Mr. Maddux was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on July 30, 1922. He was the son of Marlow Maddux and Fannie Wright Maddux. He married Robert Ann Jamison in June, 1971 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was a retired aeronautical engineer at E-Systems and a former member of the Greenville Elks Lodge. He was in Who’s Who of America, made a television commercial and was a supporter of the Audie Murphy Museum.
Mr. Maddux was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He served our country in New Guinea, the western Pacific, Bismarck Archipelago, Southern Philippines and Luzon. Among the decorations and citations he received were the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 2 Bronze Stars, Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Good Conduct Medal, and Asiatic Pacific Service Medal with 5 Bronze Stars.
Survivors include his wife, Robert Ann Maddux of Greenville; daughters, Brenda Medler of Germantown, Tennessee, Brucie Moore of south Texas and Bridget Cole of Bryan/College Station, Texas; brother Buddy Maddux of Houston; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.