Ruth Waddell

Coats: Mrs. Ruth Norris Waddell, age 85, of 298 Bill Avery Road died Friday at Central Harnett Hospital in Lillington. Funeral service will be 2:00PM Monday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Coats.  Dr. Jim Cochran will officiate.  Burial will follow in Harnett Memorial Park in Lillington.             Mrs. Waddell was born September 18, 1930 in Harnett County to the late William Andrew and Dola Ellen Hudson Norris.  She  was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard T. Waddell.  Mrs. Waddell retired from Southern Bell after 38 years of service as a telephone operator.  She was a member of Quest Fellowship Church, formerly North Street Baptist Church.             Surviving are sons and daughters-in-law, Richard "Ricky" and Elizabeth Waddell of Clayton and Craig & Stephanie Waddell of Clayton; daughters & sons-in-law, Deborah & David Livesay of Coats and Gail & Ken Gray of Angier; sister, Pat Fransico of Greensboro; brothers & sister-in-law, B. J. Norris of Coats and Billy & Evelyn Norris of Greensboro; 12 grandchildren; and 3 great grandchildren.             Family will receive friends at Rose and Graham Funeral Home in Coats from 1:00PM to 1:45PM Monday prior to the service.