JAMES CLYDE RODDY SR.

JAMES WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF RHEA COUNTY, AND WAS OF THE METHODIST FAITH. HE WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II SERVING IN THE U.S. ARMY. JAMES SURVIVED THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, AND WAS IN THE 752ND ARTILLERY UNIT IN THE ARMY. HE WAS A FORMER MERCHANT IN DALTON, GEORGIA WHERE HE MANAGED THE FIVE AND TEN CENT STORE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE OF 65 YEARS DOVE M. RODDY. HIS PARENTS, LON A. AND ERNIE BROWN RODDY. TWO BROTHERS, SAMUEL AND PAUL RODDY. SURVIVING ARE A SON, JAMES C. RODDY JR. OF DAYTON, TN. THREE SISTERS IN LAW. SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.