Fred Willard Stidham, Sr

Obituary

Fred Willard Stidham, 75, of Marble Hill, Mo., died at his home on February 21, 2021.

Born in Scot County, Virginia, on December 6, 1945, he was the son of William Henry and Lula Howington Stidham.  He and Linda Blair Kemp of Fredericktown, Missouri, were married for 30 years.  She survives.

He had worked as a long-haul truck driver and was a member of McGee Chapel Church.  He served in the Army during the Vietnam War.

He is survived by his wife, Linda,; by three daughters:  Teresa (Eddie) Massa of Marble Hill, Tammy Hulsey of Deslodge, Missouri, and Tonya (Byron) McCarty of Indiana; a son, Fred Stidham, Jr; two step-sons:  Adam Kemp of Fredericktown and Scott Kemp of Missouri; two sisters:  Maxie Kemp and Lois Juanita Pharris, both of Fredericktown, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  A brother, Robert, and a sister, Ruby, preceded him in death.