Mr. Doug Waldrop

June 29, 1946 - April 25, 2019

Funeral services for Mr. Doug Waldrop, 72, of Clayton, Texas will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2019 at the Cedar Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Freddy Mason officiating. Burial will follow in the Bethlehem Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 5-7:00 p.m. Saturday night at Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mr. William Douglas “Doug” Waldrop was born June 29, 1946 in Beckville, Texas, the youngest of seven children born to the marriage of Francis Crum and Mary Grace Williams Waldrop. Doug passed this life April 25, 2019 at his home in Clayton. Doug graduated with the Beckville Class of 1964 and he was a graduate of Panola College and Stephen F. Austin State University. Doug married Patsy Nan Wedgeworth on April 12, 1968 and they celebrated 51 years of marriage and raised two children in a loving Christian home. Mr. Waldrop worked as maintenance supervisor for Texas Utilities from 1976 – 2003; retiring after 23 years of service. He was a devoted member of the Cedar Grove Baptist Church where he served as Deacon and Sunday School Teacher for many many years. He was also instrumental in helping to establish the Clayton Volunteer Fire Department and served on the board in his community. Mr. Waldrop loved his family, working on the ranch, and the time spent traveling to West Texas to attend his grandchildren’s baseball games and other activities they were involved in. Doug is preceded in death by his parents; and siblings, Ray Waldrop, Mildred Ross, Frank Waldrop, David Waldrop and Willis H. Waldrop. Mr. Waldrop is survived by his loving wife, Patsy Waldrop of Clayton; daughter, Dawn Killough and husband Dan of Winters; son, David Worth Waldrop and wife Jennifer of Clayton; sister-in-law, Addie Waldrop of Dallas; sister, Mary Vickers of Jacksonville; grandchildren, Abigail Killough and J.P. Killough; numerous other relatives and a host of friends. Serving as pallbearers will be, J.P. Mills, Jody Wedgeworth, Cory Robinson, John Pepper, Randall Shull, Don Shull and Rex Green. Honorary pallbearers will be the Deacons of Cedar Grove Baptist Church. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Cedar Grove Baptist Church Building Fund or Bethlehem Cemetery Fund.