James Edward "Eddie" Alread

James Edward (Eddie) Alread, 75, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2018 after a brief battle with cancer.

SERVICE: Dec. 26th, 1:00 P.M. at Lucas Funeral Home, 1321 Precinct Line Road, Hurst. A short reception will follow the service at Lucas. Burial attended by the family will be at Smithfield Cemetery.

MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers the family suggests a donation to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer’s Association.

Eddie was born in November of 1943 in Los Angeles, California and raised in Fort Worth, Texas where he graduated from Amon Carter Riverside High School and went on to attend North Texas State. He married the love of his life Linda Kay in 1966. She and Eddie had met as children and knew each other for most of their lives. They built a home in Smithfield, spending 52 years at that residence, raising one son, Scott, born in 1969. He was involved in Scott’s baseball either as a youth coach or spectator, happily traveling to watch Scott play in high school and in college. Scott met his wife Stephanie at The University of North Texas. Three grandchildren were born from this union and Eddie loved being PaPa to Garrett, Hudson and Scarlett. The kids never doubted how much they were loved and could always count on their grandparents to be there to support their sports. Eddie was a lifelong member of Smithfield United Methodist Church, playing for the church softball team among the many other activities. He worked for 38 years at Mrs. Baird’s Bakery, almost of all of it in the sales department.

Eddie was friendly, hardworking and could always be counted on to take care of his customer’s needs. After retirement, Eddie stayed active, working part time at Diamond E Enterprises in order to fund summer travel to Indiana and NY. All in all, he spent 8 years working for Michele Cannon and was always appreciative of her allowing him to travel for months at a time to watch his grandkids play and grow into the wonderful young people they are today. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cameron and Helen Alread.

SURVIVORS: Wife Kay, Scott and Stephanie, son and daughter-in-law, grandchildren Garrett, Hudson and Scarlett; Brother Cameron Alread, sister-in-law Shirley Newman, brother-in-law Harold Newman. Nephews Mike Alread of Selah, Washington, Jimmy Newman (Julie) of Newark, nieces Michele Daugherty (Robbie) of Garland, Cindy Clines (Charley) of North Richland Hills, Joanne MacPherson (Gordon) of London Ontario, Canada, great nephews Lucas Clines of Fort Worth, Tyler MacPherson of London Ontario, Canada, Trey Newman of Newark, Thomas Erwin of Flower Mound, great nieces Haley Howard of North Richland Hills, Jessie MacPherson of London Ontario, Canada, Abby MacPherson of London Ontario, Canada, Emily Erwin of Winter Park, Florida, great, great nephews Cooper and Brooks Howard of North Richland Hills and a host of special cousins, close friends, former co-workers and teammates.