Bill Cude

BILL CUDE



was born in Rives, Tennessee on March 3, 1936 the son of the late James Robert and Maudie Elizabeth Culberson Cude.



Bill was a Soil Conservationist, he received his Bachelors of Science degree at UT Martin. He worked for the Soil Conservation Service in Huntingdon, Tennessee and Alamo, Tennessee for 30 years. Bill also worked for the Federal Department of Agriculture in Berrien Springs, Michigan, Frostproof, Florida, and Ville Platte, Louisiana where he was a Food Inspector. Bill loved farming and worked the Cude family farm in Rives, Tennessee from the time he was a little boy until his death. Always an avid conservationist, his passion in retirement was locating and purchasing abused and neglected farmland and restoring it back to its beautiful and natural state. He was a member of the Farm Bureau and Mount Nebo Baptist Church in Buena Vista, Tennessee. He is a former resident of Berrien Springs, Michigan, Frostproof, Florida, Ville Platte, Louisiana, Alamo, Tennessee, and Huntingdon, Tennessee.



Bill departed this life on January 10, 2013 in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 76.



He is survived by his children, James Russell Cude and his wife Heidi of Lynn Haven, Florida, Robert William Cude and his wife Sondra of Counce, Tennessee and Andra Lee McDowell and her husband Wayne of Savannah, Tennessee



six grandchildren, Brandy Carter, Amber Cude and John Cude, all of Counce, Tennessee, James Russell Cude II, Peter Michael Cude and David Francis Stadler, all of Lynn Haven, Florida



two great grandchildren, Ashton Carter and Tristan Carter, both of Counce, Tennessee



four sisters, Sue Meadow of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Mary Virginia Gibson of Union City, Tennessee, Janice C. Galbraith of San Juan, Puerto Rico and his twin sister, Betty Caldwell of Murfreesboro, Tennessee



In addition to his parents, Bill was preceded in death by his former wife, Roberta Lee Roberts Cude.