Redding Cutler

Redding Boyd Cutler CHESAPEAKE - Redding Boyd "R.B." Cutler, 88, of Ashley Road, died Sunday, April 11, 2010, at his home with his family by his side. Born in Blounts Creek, N.C., he was the son of the late Oliver and Sidney Cutler and the ninth of their 10 children. R.B. was a member of Great Bridge Baptist Church where he was in the Joy Sunday school class. He was a charter member of American Legion Post 280. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Europe with the 385th Anti-Aircraft Battalion. He retired after 30 years as a firefighter at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. R.B.'s family would like to honor his legacy by encouraging family and friends to take a few moments this week to perform some small act of kindness for another. Survivors include his loving wife of 56 years, Hazel Swain Cutler; a daughter, Pamela V. Cutler, M.D. and husband Robert McDevitt, M.D. of Albuquerque, N.M.; a son, Sidney R. Cutler and wife Karen Stone Cutler of Blounts Creek, N.C.; five grandchildren, Molly Cutler McDevitt, Dara Cutler McDevitt, Stephen Robert Cutler, Aaron Sidney Cutler and Caroline Marie Cutler; two sisters, Leona Cutler Baynor and Laura Cutler Webster; as well as a large extended family. The funeral will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Great Bridge Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles L. Moseley and Dr. Will Langford will officiate. The interment will be in the Cutler Family Cemetery, Blounts Creek. The viewing will begin Tuesday with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Great Bridge Chapel of Oman Funeral Home & Crematory. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Food Pantry Ministry of Great Bridge Baptist Church, 640 Battlefield Blvd. S., Chesapeake, VA 23322 or to East Carolina Council, BSA 313 Boy Scout Blvd., Kinston, NC 28503. Friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www. omanfh.com.