Lester Norman Waddell, Jr.

November 17, 2017

Lester Norman “Norm” Waddell, Jr., 82, died on November 16, 2017, in Pensacola, Florida. He was born on September 9, 1935, in Monroe, Louisiana to Lester Norman Waddell, Sr. and Gladys Brasher Waddell.

Norm graduated from the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1958. He worked as an engineer with Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi for 32 years retiring as Director of Facilities and was very proud of the excellent work Ingalls and his group there did over the years. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Norm and his wife, Carol, relocated to Pensacola.

Norm is preceded in death by his parents; brother Gerry; and granddaughter, Ashleigh Krin.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Carol Perdue Waddell; his children, Wayne (Jennifer) Waddell of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Camille (Tom) Ashton of Cantonment, Florida; and Glenn (Mary Ann) Waddell of Birmingham, Alabama; and 10 grandchildren.

Norm loved his family, his dogs, reading, history, and the University of Alabama. He made the most important decision of his life shortly before his death when he acknowledged the truth of Christianity and submitted to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

The family will hold a private memorial service.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts be made in Norm’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in memory of Ashleigh Krin Waddell.

Faith Chapel Funeral Home North is entrusted with the arrangements.

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