Billie JeanWaddle

Billie Jean Waddle, 86, of Campbell passed away on July 5, 2011.  Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Coker-Mathews Home Chapel with Rev. Buist Wilson and Claudine Chaney.  Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park.  Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the funeral home.

Billie Jean was born October 29, 1924 in Celeste, Texas to parents George Marian Chaney and Celestial “Lestie” Ann Pittman Chaney.  Billie Jean was one of six children.  She graduated valedictorian in 1941 from Celeste High  School and was offered a full scholarship to the University of Texas.  She went to work at Dallas Telegraph office and later at Southwestern Bell in Greenville.  She retired in 1989 after 35 years of service.

On February 2, 1947, she married Billy Bob Waddle at the Wesley Methodist Youth Chapel in Greenville.  She was a member of Lee Street Methodist Church, now Westview United Methodist Church.  She was a Sunday school teacher for several years and an active volunteer within the church.

Billie Jean enjoyed sharing time and love with her family and friends at her home on the farm in Campbell.  She loved her farm pets, gardening and cooking for others.  She was a loving and giving person, always putting God first, others second and herself third.

Her survivors include daughter, Linda White and husband Dale of Frisco; son, Randy Waddle and wife Celia of Parker, Colorado; seven grandchildren, Jonathan White of Dallas, Angela White-Tragus and husband Nick of Austin, Jason Waddle and wife Audra of Greenville, Justin Waddle and wife Nicole of Greenville, Jeremy Waddle and wife Autumn of Royse City, Katie Daniels and husband Shane of Mesquite, Sara Daniels and husband Josh of Rowlett; and 12 great-grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; and her siblings, Malcolm, Bobby, Kenneth, Don and Helen Chaney.

Pallbearers will be Jonathan White, Auston White, Angela White-Tragus, Nick Tragus, Jason Waddle, Justin Waddle, Jeremy Waddle, Josh Daniels, Shane Daniels, and Jon Bottorff.

The family requests memorials be made to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, or the St. Joseph’s Indian School – Chamberlain, SD.