Deborah Joyce Redding

DEBORAH JOYCE REDDING WAS BORN ON JULY 15, 1954 IN WILMINGTON, DE TO DAVID REDDING AND THE LATE ROSEBUD REDDING. SHE CONFESSED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AT TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH.

DEBORAH RECEIVED HER EDUCATION AT HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL IN WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL DEBORAH WORKED AT THE CHRISTIANA CARE HOSPITAL AS A DIETITIAN AND WAS LATER PROMOTED TO SUPERVISOR OF THE FLOOR SERVICE ASSISTANTS. HER LAST JOB BEFORE RETIREMENT WAS IN THE NUTRITIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT THE COLONIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DEBORAH ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, SHOPPING, BAKING AND PLAYING THE DELAWARE LOTTERY. DEBORAH WAS AN ADVITE FAN OF ALL SPORTS HER AND ERIC LOVED DEBATING ABOUT WHO WAS GOING TO WIN THE GAME.

DEBORAH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER ROSEBUD REDDING, GRANDMOTHER ROSEBUD HALL, SON SHAWN DARNELL REDDING, HER BOTHER VERNON BROWN AND SISTER YVETTE BRADLEY. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES, HER FATHER DAVID REDDING, HER SISTERS REVONDA WISE (WALT), EFFIE HAGLER, CRYSTAL WILLIAMS, SHERITA WILLIAMS, WYNETTA BRAXTON, TAMYA BRAXTON AND HER BROTHERS DAVID WILLIAMS AND GERONIMO VANNICOLA, HER AUNT WANDA HARRIS (GLENN) HER DEVOTED COMPANION ERIC JONES AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND GOD SON CHARLIE HOPE. DEBORAH NEVER HAD ANY GRANDCHILDREN BUT SHE HAD A SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH HER SISTER'S GRANDCHILDREN JA'KHAYLA WISE AND TAALEEM REDDING AND HER SISTER'S SONS DARNELL KELLEY AND CARDELL HAGLER AND DEBORAH LOVED THEM AS IF THEY WERE HER OWN.