Jehu Reddick

Deacon Jehu Reddick was born on March 19, 1957, in Rockingham, North Carolina to the late Jehu Reddick and surviving mother, Minnie Reddick. He departed this life on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. He was better known as “Chucky” or “Jay.”

Jehu attended school in New York. He served in the United States army and received an honorable discharge. While in the US Army, he became a certified Combat Area Surveillance Radar Crewman. After his discharge from the army, Jay attended the Diesel Institute of America in Cheverly Maryland and received a diploma in Diesel Mechanics. Jay worked as a long distance truck driver for many years. He helped many senior citizens with small repairs, and put out the trash cans every week for elderly ladies of his neighborhood. Helping others was a pleasure for him. Jehu was a loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend.

Jay was very knowledgeable in the word of God; always ready to teach and share God’s word at church and abroad. He was truly saved. He was a member of The Church of Inspired Revelation where he served faithfully as a deacon under the leadership of Pastor Delois Reddick. Jay and Delois worked side by side in the ministry.

Jay loved to exercise in his gym where he made his own equipment – Amazing! He loved to work in the yard, and to sing, He loved to cook, often asking his wife to get out of the kitchen because he said he was the cook.

Jay leaves to cherish his memory, his wife of twenty-seven years, Pastor Delois Reddick, whom he affectionately called “Babie;” one son, Jason Reddick; one daughter, Rasheeda (Sweetheart) Smith of Tarboro, NC; his loving mother, Minnie Reddick, of Tarboro, NC; his sisters, Lovie Thomas and Reva Flowers of Tarboro, NC, Sister Sara Harris (Eddie), Nancy Buchanan and Sharon Harris all of Rockingham, NC; a brother, Melvin Harris (Ethel) of Ft. Mitchell, Alabama; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.   

Funeral service was held Monday,  July 14, 2025 at 12:00 pm at Glorious Tabernacle of Faith  702 E. Northern Blvd, Tarboro, NC . A public viewing was held Sunday July 13, 2025  5-7pm at Shawn Lea Funeral Home of Scotland Neck. Burial was in the Salem Chapel Baptist Church  cemetery in Tarboro. Arrangements were handled by Shawn Lea Funeral Home of Scotland Neck.