James H. Redding

James Herman Redding, a retired Army contract administrator, died November 21st at his home in Aberdeen at the age of 78. Jim was born in Buffalo, New York. After graduating from Shawnee Mission High School in Overland Park, Kansas, he attended the University of Kansas and American University. He graduated from Tarkio College in Tarkio Missouri with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration and did graduate work in Contracting with the Florida Institute of Technology. In 1964, Jim began his life-long public service in the government, serving as a Deputy Auditor for Montgomery County in Dayton, Ohio, a procurement agent in the Defense Electronics Supply Center in Dayton, a procurement analyst at the Army Ammunitions Plant in Kingsport, Tennessee, and as a contract specialist at the Rock Island Army Arsenal, in Rock Island, Illinois. In 1979, he transferred to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland where he retired in 1993 after 32 years of dedicated service to the Department of the Army. Having built his first boat in the basement of his parent's house in Kansas, Jim was a life member and District Lieutenant of the United States Power Squadron with 37 merit marks. He served as Commander of the Bush River Power Squadron, Treasurer of District 5, and as Safety Check Chairman for the Dundalk Sail and Power Squadron. He was a certified Instructor with a pilot rating and a vessel safety inspector. Jim is survived by two brothers, John and Robert Redding, six nephews and nieces, and many friends, god-children, cousins, and other relatives. A Memorial service will be held at the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air Maryland at 11:00am on April 22. Funeral Home: Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home 333 South Parke Street Aberdeen, MD US 21001