Lillian Crater Redding

Mrs. Lillian Crater Redding, 88, of Salemtowne died Saturday, June 5, 2004. She was born Nov. 3, 1915, in Forsyth County to Edward Thomas and Emma Jane Sink Crater. Mrs. Redding spent her entire life in Winston-Salem. She graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School in 1933. She was a lifelong member of the Moravian church, spending her early years at Trinity and her later years at Ardmore. She was a member of the Fellowship Class, Women's Fellowship, Senior Friends and the Mission Society. Mrs. Redding was a buyer for the children's department at Sosniks and Thalhimers. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard William Redding Sr. She is survived by two daughters, Joan Morgan and husband, Joe, of Charlotte and Carol Fishel and husband, Buddy, of Winston-Salem; a son, Richard W. Redding Jr., and wife, Leslie, of Winston-Salem; six grandchildren, Joe Morgan III and wife, Jean, of Winston-Salem, Julie Beam and husband, Tim, of Weddington, Suzanne Morrow and husband, Joe, of Fayetteville, Ga., Robert Fishel and wife, Sharon, of Concord and Lisa Redding and Will Redding of Winston-Salem; and nine great-grandchildren, Matthew, Morgan and Meaghan Beam, Adam Morgan, Joseph, Daniel and Caroline Morrow and Evan Fishel and Scarlett McHaney. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. today, June 8, at Ardmore Moravian Church with the Rev. Kevin Frank officiating. Burial will be in the Moravian graveyard. Memorials may be made to Ardmore Moravian Church Mission Fund, 2013 W. Academy St., Winston-Salem, NC 27103. The family wishes to express special appreciation to Gena Wolfe and the nursing staff at Salemtowne for their love and special care over the past years.