Willie Fleming

Services for Willie E. “Red” Fleming, 82, Royal Center, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Gundrum Funeral Home.

He died 7:25 a.m. Monday, May 25, 2009, at Chase Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Logansport.

He was born Aug. 12, 1926, in Cannon County, Tenn., the son of William and Emma Delong Fleming. On Jan. 4, 1947, he married Jessie M. Judkins in Rossville, Ga.

A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he retired from Conrail Railroad in 1988 after 39 years of service. He was a member of Faith Pentecostal Chapel in Monticello.

He is survived by his wife, Jessie M. Fleming, Royal Center; daughter, Brenda Lilley and husband James, Lafayette; son, Jesse E. Fleming, Medina, Ohio; daughter, Jane Worman and husband Ken, Logansport; daughter, Lisa Fleming, Logansport; seven grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Daniel and Robert Fleming; a daughter-in-law, Alicia Fleming; and one granddaughter, Danielle Fleming.

Pastor Joseph D. Wampler will officiate. Burial will be in Davis Cemetery, Burnettsville with full military graveside rites.

Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home

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