Harold Caddell

Mr. Harold Martin Caddell, Jr., age 84, born in Dallas, Texas, to Harold and Annie Caddell, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. His mother, Annie, was one of the original enrollees of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Mr. Caddell had a long military history as he had joined the Coast Guard at the age of 17 during WWII. He was in WWII and the Korean War, serving overseas at that time on the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and Molokai, Hawaii. He also served on the CGC Blackthorn, USCGC Clover, CGC Nike, and CGC Rambler. He also piloted 82 footers and 92 footers. After 22 years of service, he retired on September 1, 1964, as Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate E-8. Mr. Caddell was also a member of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Annie Caddell and his brother-in-law, Charles Gonzales. Survivors include his loving and devoted wife of 57 years, Merilys Caddell and sister, Lavelle Gonzales. His children are, son, Dennis Caddell and wife, Linda, of Picayune, MS., daughter, Yvonne Kishimoto and husband, Ted, of Honolulu, Hawaii, daughter, Karen Sisk, and husband, Bill, of Houston, TX., son, Stephen Caddell and wife, Shirley, of Biloxi, MS., grandchildren, Johnathan Caddell, Dennis Caddell, Jr., Jennifer Turner and husband, DC, Stephanie Brooks and husband, Matt, Shelley Caddell and Adrienne Kishimoto and great-grandchildren, Gabriel and Julian. Visitation will be on Friday, August 7, 2009, from 12 Noon - 1:15 PM, with a 1:15 PM chapel service, all at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 2:30 PM at Biloxi National Cemetery. The family wants to thank Hospice of Light and all who had our family in their prayers.