MR. WAYNE BURLESTER CALDWELL SON OF THE LATE WALT AND MAGGIE LEE CALDWELL WAS BORN SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1942 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2019 AT LUMBERTON REHABILITATION CENTER.
MR. CALDWELL WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ROBESON COUNTY AND ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY AND GRADUATED FROM HILLY BRANCH SCHOOL IN 1960. HE ENLISTED MAY 24, 1965 IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND WAS EMPLOYED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY.
AT AN EARLY AGE HE JOINED GREENVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH AND LATER JOINED HILLY BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE SERVED AS HEAD DEACON UNTIL HIS HEALTH FAILED.
MR. CALDWELL IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS WALT AND MAGGIE LEE CALDWELL, SIX SISTERS CHESTINE CALDWELL WASHINGTON, FRANCIS CALDWELL COLEMAN, ESTER ZULA, MARY LOIS AUSTIN CALDWELL AND VALEIRA CALDWELL THARRINGTON AND TWO BROTHERS JOHN ARTHUR CALDWELL AND JIMMY (AKA JIM) CALDWELL.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES: HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE ZETTA MAE CALDWELL, SIX DAUGHTERS AND TWO SONS; REBA CALDWELL OF FAIRMONT, NORTH CAROLINA, PAZAV CALDWELL (JULIAN) PRIEST OF WHITEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, SANDRA (JOHN) MCRAE OF LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, BRENDA HINES (TONY PALOR) OF ORRUM, NORTH CAROLINA, CYNTHIA (NATHANIEL) WILLIAMS OF LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MERTINA (NICHOLAS) BEDIAKO OF SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, J.C. (JUDY) MOORE JR. OF LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, AND TONY (CORTINA) MOORE OF LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA; NEPHEW, JAMES (AKA SPYGEE) CALDWELL OF ISELIN, NEW JERSEY, THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, FIFTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHER IN LAWS , BUSTER (CAROLYN) WASHINGTON AND GARY ELLIS AND ONE SISTER IN LAW, MARGIE (JIMMY) NEALY, BEST FRIEND, BOBBY RODGERS AND A HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
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