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Pvt Joseph Adam “Paddle” Casteel

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Pvt Joseph Adam “Paddle” Casteel

Birth
McMinn County, Tennessee, USA
Death
24 Feb 2004 (aged 79)
Englewood, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Englewood, McMinn County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Pvt
US Army
WW II

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Daily Post Athenian
Feb. 24, 2004

Joseph A. "Paddle" Casteel

Joseph A. "Paddle" Casteel, 79, of Englewood, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, at his residence.

A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, he was a son of the late Horace and Alma Brown Casteel. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Englewood, where he served as a deacon and choir member. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Englewood and was retired from Athens Products. He was a veteran and POW of World War II and received the Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, American Campaign Medal and EAME Campaign Medal with one Bronze Service Star. He was preceded in death by his wife of 35 years and the mother of his children, Margaret McCaslin Casteel; two sons, Joseph Micheal Casteel and Randy Casteel; his second wife, Ada Bryson Casteel; one great-granddaughter, Macy Margaret Speed; and two brothers and one sister-in-law, William O. and Louise Prichard Casteel and Lester Casteel.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Gary and Maria Casteel of Miami, Fla.; one daughter, Teresa Casteel of Englewood; two grandsons, Levi Casteel and Joseph Adams, both of Miami, Fla.; two granddaughters, Ginger Speed of Knoxville, and Cheri Kelly of La Crosse, Ind.; two great-grandchildren, Hunter and Madison Speed, both of Knoxville; five sisters and four brothers-in-law, Marie and Jake Haney, Edna Green, Princess and Carl Reed, Gracie and Jack Raper and Carrie Sue and Lynn Brown, all of Englewood; one sister-in-law, Freda Casteel Watson; several nieces and nephews; and three very special and loving caregivers, Jill Torbett, Nettie Williams and Joy Shadden.

Funeral services will be 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the south chapel of Bordwine Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy McCarter officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday and proceed to Sunrise Cemetery in Englewood for the 11 a.m. burial with military honors and nephews serving as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Bordwine Funeral Home of Etowah is in charge of arrangements.

(Obit courtesy of Glenda Rowland)
Pvt
US Army
WW II

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Daily Post Athenian
Feb. 24, 2004

Joseph A. "Paddle" Casteel

Joseph A. "Paddle" Casteel, 79, of Englewood, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, at his residence.

A native and lifelong resident of McMinn County, he was a son of the late Horace and Alma Brown Casteel. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Englewood, where he served as a deacon and choir member. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Englewood and was retired from Athens Products. He was a veteran and POW of World War II and received the Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, American Campaign Medal and EAME Campaign Medal with one Bronze Service Star. He was preceded in death by his wife of 35 years and the mother of his children, Margaret McCaslin Casteel; two sons, Joseph Micheal Casteel and Randy Casteel; his second wife, Ada Bryson Casteel; one great-granddaughter, Macy Margaret Speed; and two brothers and one sister-in-law, William O. and Louise Prichard Casteel and Lester Casteel.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Gary and Maria Casteel of Miami, Fla.; one daughter, Teresa Casteel of Englewood; two grandsons, Levi Casteel and Joseph Adams, both of Miami, Fla.; two granddaughters, Ginger Speed of Knoxville, and Cheri Kelly of La Crosse, Ind.; two great-grandchildren, Hunter and Madison Speed, both of Knoxville; five sisters and four brothers-in-law, Marie and Jake Haney, Edna Green, Princess and Carl Reed, Gracie and Jack Raper and Carrie Sue and Lynn Brown, all of Englewood; one sister-in-law, Freda Casteel Watson; several nieces and nephews; and three very special and loving caregivers, Jill Torbett, Nettie Williams and Joy Shadden.

Funeral services will be 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the south chapel of Bordwine Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy McCarter officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Thursday and proceed to Sunrise Cemetery in Englewood for the 11 a.m. burial with military honors and nephews serving as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Bordwine Funeral Home of Etowah is in charge of arrangements.

(Obit courtesy of Glenda Rowland)


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