Mr. Howard Otha Gaddis Jr.

January 18, 1949 - September 24, 2018

Mr. Howard Otha Gaddis, Jr., 69, of Colbert, GA passed away on Monday, September 24, 2018, at the Kindred Hospice Unit in Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, Ga. Mr. Gaddis was born on January 18, 1949, in Danielsville, GA, son of the late Howard “Bo” Gaddis, Sr. and the late Mary Hunsinger Gaddis. He was a mechanic having worked at the Madison County bus shop and was a member of the Macedonia Holiness Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Billy Gaddis, Sr. and Michael Gaddis; and sister, Peggy Dowell Barber. Survivors include his wife, Josephine McLeroy Gaddis; sons, Thomas Gaddis of Danielsville, GA and William Gaddis of Colbert, GA; daughter, Betty Smith of Carlton, GA; brothers, George Gaddis of Ila, GA and Greg Gaddis of Carlton, GA; sisters, Becky Anglin of Danielsville, GA, Donna Hunsinger of Comer, GA and Wanda Callaway of Carlton, GA; and three grandchildren. Funeral services for Mr. Gaddis will be held at Pruitt Funeral Home Chapel on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Kendall Callaway and Rev. Jack Ross officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Pruitt Funeral Home from 1:00 P.M. until the funeral hour on Thursday afternoon. The family is at the home of Thomas Gaddis, 695 Faye Carey Road, Danielsville, GA. Pruitt Funeral Home in Royston, GA is in charge of arrangements.