Eadie
MARIETTA, Ga. — John Riley Eadie, born May 3, 1937 in Brunswick to Blanche Smith Eadie and John Douglas Eadie, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2024.
Memorial service will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, August 29 at Carmichael Fun eral Home in Marietta.
Eadie graduated from Maryville High School in Maryville, Tenn., in 1955. He attended the University of Tennessee in 1955-1957 and attended and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Forestry with a BS in Forest Management in 1959 and with a Masters of Wildlife Management in 1961.
Professional work history (all with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior) include: 1961-1962 Assistant Manager, Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge, Hollandale Mississippi; 1962-1963: Assistant and Acting Refuge Manager, Santee National Wildlife Refuge, Summerton, SC; 1963: Department of Interior Management Training Program Washington, D.C.; 1964-1968: first manager at the new Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge, Eufaula, Ala.; 1968-1970: Refuge Manager, South Florida National Wildlife Refuges which included Loxahatchee NWR, Hobe Sound NWR, NWR’s of “Ding” Darling (Sanibel) National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel, Fla. and island NWR’s of the west coast of Florida; 1970-1972: Wilderness and Law Enforcement Planner, Atlanta, regional office; (while in Atlanta, Regional Office developed the first Nationwide Law Enforcement Training Program for Refuge Law enforcement officers); 1972-1983: Refuge Manager, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Waycross; 1982-1986 — Deputy Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, Washington D.C.; 1986-1992: Assistant Regional Director with responsibility for all NWR’s and Wetland Management Districts in the Midwestern States. While serving as Assistant Regional Director, John Eadie promoted and expanded the existing Private Lands Program which served to develop and restore waterfowl management projects on private lands; served from 1992-1994 as Deputy Regional Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 10 southeastern states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Eadie retired November 4, 1994 (ending grade GM15). He lived on Lake Oconee and in Del Webb Community in Greensboro, Ga. In September 2017, Eadie moved to Sterling Estates Senior Citizens Development in Marietta with his wife of 65 years, Marian Kay Llewellyn Eadie. He was granted the Department of the Interior’s Meritorious Service Award in 1989.
He sang with the Walker Church Choir including Chancel Choir-singing solos and with a gospel quartet.
Eadie was preceded in death by his daughter-inlaw, Beth Webb Eadie; sister, Nancy Eadie Rezner and family of Fairhope, Ala.; and brothers Dexter Eadie of Warner Robins and Woody Eadie of Atlanta.
He is survived by his wife, Marian Kay Llewellyn Eadie; son and daughter-in-law, John Duggan Eadie and Beth Woolfolk Eadie of San Antonio, Texas; daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn Eadie Davis and Mike Davis of Acworth, Ga.; four grandchildren, Matt, Jake, Patrick and Kara; two great granddaughters, Carly Ann and Adalyn Joy; one great grandson, Luke Duggan Eadie; and granddaughter- in-law Holly Ann.
Lastly, Eadie is survived by his precious pups, Riley and Polly, and his cat, Millie. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Humane Society of Cobb County.
