Willard Malone

Willard Francis Malone October 4, 1923 - January 17, 2012 On Tuesday January 17, 2012 a great man passed away. Willard an 88 year old Father, Brother, Pawpaw, and Great-grandfather, left this earth to join those that went before him. He was preceded in death by his Daughter Tammy Malone, three siblings Lenzo, Leola, and Freddy his life-long best friend. As well as his Mother and Father, Ethel and Carl Malone. Willard Malone is survived by two sisters Ethelene Malone and Jean Armistead. He is also survived by three children Kathy Adkison, Kevin Malone, Amber Malone-Krueger and son-in-law Robert Krueger. The Grandfather of ten grandchildren, Christopher Adkison, Kelly Edwards, Garrick Malone, Christine Barker, Draygen Dyess, Jacey Malone, Cotton Malone, Lillie Malone, and Davan and Kamden Krueger, the Great-Grandfather of four Katie Rose, Zachary, Allyson, and Nataly, with one more on the way. An impressive list, though there are many more lives that he touched and helped raise. A true Southern Gentleman that loved his family and friends immensely, it is a well known fact that he set the bar high when it came to being a man. The stories he told spoke of a life that was truly lived, no road left untaken. An avid fisherman, he felt most at home in a boat beside his Brother Freddy with a line cast into the Yellow River, waiting on the next bite. Those that were lucky enough to have known him were better because of it. The lives he touched were many and the loss of him from our lives will forever be felt.