Obituary of Jimmy Eddington

Services for Jimmy Neil Eddington, 70, New London, will be at 10:00 am, Monday, December 24, 2012 in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel with Reverends Jerry Watson and Jamie Eitson officiating. Burial will be in Mason Cemetery. Mr. Eddington died Saturday, December 22, 2012 in Hawkins. He was born December 25, 1941, in Cumberland, Oklahoma to the late Arthur Benjamin and Frances Rice Eddington. He was a life long resident of the East Texas area and he was a carpenter. Besides his parents, Mr. Eddington was also preceded in death by a son, James Kevin Eddington. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Stan and Jennifer Eddington, Waxahachie, and Matthew Todd Eddington and Amanda Compton, Hawkins; a daughter and son-in-law, Marcy and Andy Marshall, New London; four brothers, Bennie Eddington, Cumberland, Oklahoma, Rudy Eddington. Shelbyville, Eddie Eddington, Gladewater; and Tim Eddington, Shreveport; a sister, Phyllis Watson, Nashville, Tennessee; nineteen grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Scott Eddington, Shelby Eddington, Jason Eddington, Sean Eddington, Ian Eddington and Jacob Marshall. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Sunday, December 23.