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Eddie Ray McCallister
March 22, 1939 – December 9, 2024
Eddie
R.
McCallister,
85,
passed
away
Monday,
December
9,
2024
at
Sierra
Oaks
in
Redding, California.
Born
March
22,
1939,
in
Asbury,
West
Virginia,
he
was
the
son
of
the
late
Ernest
Perry and Madeline Bonnie Burns McCallister.
He
was
preceded
in
death
by
his
wife
of
45
years,
Ardis
Anderson
McCallister,
grandson
David
Smith,
five
brothers,
Kenneth
McCallister,
Bob
McCallister,
Perry
McCallister,
Keith
McCallister,
Lael
McCallister,
three
sisters,
Elaine
Allen,
Kayle
Harvey,
Patricia
Moore,
brothers-in-law
Bill
Allen,
Gerald
“Jake”
Harvey
and
sisters-
in-law Peggy McCallister, Jeanne McCallister and Kay McCallister.
Mr.
McCallister
was
one
of
12
children
and
grew
up
in
Asbury,
West
Virginia
and
attended
Alderson
High
School
and
graduated
in
1957.
After
graduation
he
moved
to
California
and
began
his
career
as
a
carpenter
and
married
Ardis
Anderson
on
November
10,
1961.
They
lived
in
Livermore,
California
up
until
his retirement from the Carpenters Union after 30 years and moved to Redding, California.
During
his
retirement
years,
he
enjoyed
bass
and
salmon
fishing
and
gardening.
He
and
Ardis
loved
to
travel and enjoyed trips to Reno, the Southwest, and Alaska and Mississippi River cruises.
Survivors
include
three
brothers,
Jim
McCallister
and
his
wife,
Shirley
of
Livermore,
CA,
Joe
McCallister
of
Redding,
CA,
Garry
McCallister
and
his
wife
Frances
of
Alderson,
WV,
brother-in-law
Ken
Moore
of
Glen
Allen,
VA,
and
sister-in-law
Lona
McCallister
of
Livermore,
CA,
nieces
and
nephews,
Debra
Cardoza,
Marlene
Anderson,
Shawn
Anderson,
Matthew
Anderson,
Ronald
Anderson
of
Turlock,
California,
Bonnie
Baber,
Elizabeth
Bareford,
Andrew
Moore,
Mark
Moore,
Brian
Moore
of
Richmond,
Virginia,
Jim
McCallister,
Steve
McCallister,
Doug
McCallister,
Laurie
McCallister,
Peggy
Law,
Gary
Harvey,
Bill
McCallister,
Tim
McCallister,
Michael
McCallister
Donna
Piazza
of
Livermore,
CA,
Ernie
McCallister
of
Stockton,
CA,
Cindy
Avignone
of
Reno,
NV,
Murphy
McCallister
of
Redding,
CA,
Debra
Reyes
of
California
City, CA, Jeff McCallister and Joe McCallister of Asbury, WV.
Services will be held at McDonald's Chapel on December 30th at 11am.
