Thomas Richard Trotter

Thomas Richard "Redd" Trotter, age 87, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at his home in Batesville, MS. He is the husband of Robbie Joiner Trotter. Funeral services for Mr. Trotter will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Shady Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Tim McMillan and Rev. Rusty Robertson will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 5:30 to 8:00 at Wells Funeral  Home in Batesville and again prior to the service at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Shady Grove Baptist. Interment will follow the service at Shady Grove Cemetery.  Redd was born October 10, 1930 to the late Thomas Howard and Mary Wright Trotter in Memphis, TN. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force. Redd was a retired Civil Engineer from Tennessee Valley Authority. He enjoyed the outdoors; hunting, fishing, flowers and vegetable gardening were among his favorites. Redd loved his family and was an excellent woodworker. He made cedar cradles for all his grandchildren and cedar chest for all his granddaughters upon graduation.  Those he leaves behind to cherish his memory include his loving wife, Robbie Joiner Trotter, his children; Sharon Perkins Pollan (Les) of Oxford, Cathy Trotter Dunlap and her late husband Mike Dunlap of New Albany, Yvette Perkins Reasons (Neal) of Batesville, Elizabeth Trotter Cardino (Fred) of Natchitoches, LA., Deborah Dianne Trotter of Tupelo, and Rusty Perkins (Zee) of Batesville, one sister; Lenell Trotter Huddin of West Point, 12 Grandchildren, and 17 Great Grandchildren. In addition to his parents, Redd is preceded in death by one son, Thomas Howard Trotter II, and 3 brothers; John Trotter, T.H. Trotter, and Bobby Trotter.