Maurice Wayne Barksdale

Published 6:54 pm Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Maurice Wayne Barksdale, 68, of Athens, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016, at his residence. Mr. Barksdale was born October 27, 1947, in Limestone County to Maurice Barksdale and Donna Hudson Barksdale.

Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 17, at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home with Scott Richardson and Wayne Kuykendall officiating. Visitation will be 10-10:45 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.

Mr. Barksdale served his country as a medic in the United States Army during the height of the Vietnam War. Though the ghost of Vietnam plagued him through the years with severe PTSD that clouded his life, he continued to seek God with all of his heart

He was preceded in death by his father, William Maurice Barksdale.

Survivors include his wife, Cheryl Barksdale; daughter, Jessica Bradley; two grandchildren, Robert Bradley and Eli Bradley; mother, Donna Hudson Barksdale; brother, Mark Barksdale and wife, Dyanne; sister, Terry Banta and husband, Dwight; and several nieces and nephews.

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