Joe Faddis

On October 1st, 2013, Senior Chief Petty Officer Joe M. Faddis USN(ret), was piped aboard ship by the Master Bo'sn for his voyage beyond the Great Horizon to the Home Port of Eternity where there are always "Fair Winds and Following Seas". Senior Chief Faddis was born December 02, 1935, at Qualls, Oklahoma in what is now known as Camp Gruber. He was the eighth and youngest child of Joseph Milton and Junie (Marksberry) Faddis. He was preceded in death by his Great Great Grandfather, Alexander Faddis of Scotland and Virginia, his Great Grandfather Thomas Faddis of Kentucky, his Grandfather Franklin Pierce Faddis of Qualls Oklahoma, his parents Milt and Junie Faddis, and 6 of his brothers and sisters, Sarah Elsie (Faddis) Fountain, Nettie Florence (Faddis) (Fountain) Huff, Haskell Squire Faddis, Ernest Ausie Faddis, Lee Franklin Faddis, B.D. (Pete) Faddis, his first wife Mary Kathleen (Peters) Faddis of Norman, Oklahoma, and his second wife Dorothy Annette (Petillo) Faddis of Ola, Arkansas, whom he was married to for 48 years and was the love of his life. He is survived by his son (from his first wife Kathleen) Joe M. Faddis Jr. USN(ret) and wife Dawn and is now a high school teacher, his daughter (from his second wife Annette) Shawna Christie (Faddis) Ford, who works alongside her husband Phil, a local State Farm Insurance Agent. In addition he is survived by 4 Grandchildren, Lieutenant (Junior Grade)Tabitha Lynn Faddis USN, Naval Aviator, Ryan Nathaniel Faddis, pharmacist, Kelsey Meagan Ford, high school teacher, Adam Zachary Ford, engineering student, his Great Granddaughter Lanikai Baylee Faddis, and his sister Laverne Bernice Faddis. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday; October 5, 2013 at Sisco Funeral Chapel in Springdale. His remains will be cremated and the ashes buried alongside the ashes of his wife Annette in White Oak Cemetery at Qualls, Oklahoma. Memorial contributions may be made to Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, AR 72764. Online condolence to www.bentoncountyfuneralhom.com. Arrangements by Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. 4th Street, Rogers, Arkansas.

Joe Faddis

December 2, 1935 - October 1, 2013