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Obituary for REDDING


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday December 19, 2004

Roberta Brown Redding passed away December 13, 2004 at her home in Stillwater, OK. She was born June 29, 1910 in McAlester, OK. She graduated from McAlester High School, received her Bachelors Degree from Oklahoma Women's College and a Masters Degree from the University of Oklahoma. She taught English in Calvin, Lawton, McAlester, and Norman, Oklahoma. In 1944 she married Haddon C. Redding. They moved to Albuquerque in 1952 where she taught English at Highland High School until her retirement in 1975. He worked at Sandia National Laboratories. They moved to Stillwater, OK in 1996. She was predeceased by her parents, Judge and Mrs. Samuel Brown; brothers, Charles and Clyde Brown; and sister, Mina Brown Martin. She is survived by her husband, Haddon C. Redding; nieces, Betty Murrah, Ardmore, OK; Berta White, Wichita, KS; Patsy Spratt, Anchorage, AK; Mina Foster, San Diego, CA; Roberta Armstrong, Stillwater, OK; Pat DeLarios, Dallas, TX; nephews, Ron Brown, Stockton, CA; Michael Brown, Raleigh, NC; and sister-in-law, Juanita Brown, Lawton, OK. Memorials may be made to Judith Karman Hospice, Box 818, Stillwater, OK 74076.