Gail Elizabeth Redding Deuberry, 66, of Wauchula, went to be with our Lord early Tuesday morning, July 15, 2014. Born September 22, 1947 at the Palmetto Clinic in Wauchula, she had been a lifelong resident of Hardee County. Gail worked as a beautician for 20 years, and was a bus driver with the Hardee County School System for 20 years as well. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and was a wonderful wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and will be greatly missed.
Her husband, Delbert Owen Deuberry, father, Robert W. Redding, Jr., mother, Fanny Elizabeth Marshall Redding, and son, Delbert Deuberry, Jr., preceded her in death. Survivors include four children, Kenneth Edward Irby of Wauchula, Kimberly Denise and husband Joseph Stewart of Wauchula, Melinda Gail Davis of Wauchula, and Robert and wife Heather Hayes Deuberry of Wauchula; three brothers, William Elmo and wife Annie McClelland Redding of Wauchula, Bobby Joe and wife Irene Keen Redding of Soperton, Georgia, and Ronnie Lee and wife Karen Dykes Redding of Zolfo Springs; one sister, Lilly Jeannette Redding and husband Jerry R. Gibson of Bartow; fifteen grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and more nieces and nephews than she could count.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 18, 2014 at Oak Grove Baptist Church, with funeral services at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Jim Davis will officiate.