Marshall Heddin

Marshall Heddin

1930-2017

Services for Marshall P. Heddin, 86, of Grand Saline, were held Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, at Bartley Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Paul Stanley officiating.

Interment was in Creagleville Cemetery.

He passed away Feb. 20, 2017, at his home in Grand Saline.  He was born Dec. 28, 1930, in Edgewood to Albert William and Eula Francis Parker Heddin.  He worked for Ford Motor Company until it closed (1954-1958) and then began working at Morton Salt in 1959 until his retirement in 1992, after 33 years of service.  He had also been a farm and rancher since 1956.  He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Osa, Haskell, Kirby, Irby Lee, and Ray; two sisters, Hazel Parkerson and Margie Smith; and grandson, Adam Carroll.

Survivors include his wife, Linda Kay Heddin of Grand Saline; son, Marty Lynn Heddin of Grand Saline; step-son, Craig Tipps of Quitman; two daughters, Debra Jean Heddin of Mineola and Penny Kay Heddin of Mineola; two step-daughters, Sharon Kay Walker of Arlington and J’Lynn Bowers of Tyler; brother, Gayther Heddin and wife Mary of Edgewood; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.