Richard Addison Zawada

ZAWADA A memorial service for Richard Addison Zawada, 57, will take place at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at The Episcopal Church of Our Savior, 12236 Mandarin Road Jacksonville Florida 32223. The family will receive guests in the Grey Room of the church following the service. Rick was born on February 21, 1953 in Marianna, FL and grew up in Tallahassee. He was a graduate of Florida High School and Florida State University, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. Rick and his family lived for extended periods in Daytona Beach, FL, Columbia, SC and Summerville, SC, and relocated to the Jacksonville area in 2005. He worked in the commercial banking industry for over 20 years, and was employed as a Commercial Credit Analyst/Portfolio Manager with First Horizon Group, a division of First Tennessee Bank, at the time of his death. Rick was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Summerville, SC. He was an avid supporter of his children's extracurricular activities, volunteering as little league assistant baseball coach, Cub Scout Master, and Assistant Track Director of Smitty's BMX in Summerville, SC. He also served as Assistant Track Director of Middleburg BMX in the Jacksonville area, and contributed countless volunteer hours at Jacksonville BMX and at regional and national BMX races across the southeastern U.S. He adored his FSU Seminoles and his wife's USC Gamecocks. But his passion was his family. He was a very proud father who believed that his beloved children were his biggest success in his life. Rick is survived by his wife, Cullen Bailey Zawada, daughter, Anne Frances Zawada, son, Richard Addison Zawada, Jr., his mother, Frances Cogburn Zawada, of Tallahassee, his father, Adam Richard Zawada, of Orlando, his brother, Jeffrey Alan Zawada, Altamonte Springs, mother-in-law, Mrs. Herman E. Bailey, Jr. (Anne Bryant), Columbia, SC, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. Edward Bailey, III (Donna Broome) of Lexington, SC, nephew, Jeffrey A. Zawada, Jr., Altamonte Springs, and niece and nephew, R. Nicole Bailey and H. Edward Bailey, IV (Teddy), Lexington, SC. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be may be made to the Cure Alzheimer's Fund at www.curealzfund.org, Susan G. Komen for the Cure at www.komen.org, or the charity, of one's choice. Arrangements are entrusted to Hardage Giddens Funeral Home, Mandarin Chapel, 904-288-0025. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com