Fredonia Wartrenia Hunnicutt was the seventh child born to Odell, Sr., and Lucy Meadows on June 25, 1942.
Fredonia, commonly known as Fred by her coworkers and Sista babe by family, was born in Idabel, Okla. At the age of 7, she moved to Wellington, Texas for the family business. She worked for Bob Goforth at the Cherokee Inn and was employed by St. Joseph’s Hospital, a.k.a. Collingsworth General Hospital, in 1969. She was employed there for 26 years. She held positions as a surgical tech with Dr. Emsley Davis and at the Shamrock Nursing Home in the early 90s. She received various educational achievements from Booker T. Washington School, ongoing continuous education from Amarillo College, and she received a track athletic scholarship from Prairie View A&M University. She was a cheerleader, athlete and choir leader during her years at Booker T. Washington.
She married the only love of her life, R.L. Hunnicutt, on March 26, 1960. She fell to the courtship of a red apple brought to her during long work hours in the fields.Their union produced five children, Silvia, Mark, Traci, Jodi and R.L., II (Snapper).
One of her greatest achievements in life was accepting her calling to minister the Gospel in 1988. She received the confirmation of her calling through the sign of a white dove in her window seal that she should minister God’s Word.
She was preceded in death by her father, Odell (Papa) Meadows; mother Lucy (Madea) Meadows; sisters and brothers, Verdia M. Hughes (Momma Tip),W.T. Meadows, Effie Williams, James (Poochie) Meadows, Lutrenia (Tootah) Tennison, Odell Meadows, Jr, Betty Ogbolu and Roscoe Meadows; husband R.L. Hunnicutt, I; two children, Mark Hunnicutt and Traci Hunnicutt; and granddaughter Kamryn Faith Shade.
She will always be cherished by his children, Silvia (Steve) Gardner, of Gastonia, N.C., Doris Thomas, of Hollis, Okla., RL, II (Paulette) Hunnicutt, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Jodi (Jimmye) Bookman and Meisha Hunnicutt, of Wellington. She was loved by 20 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, one sister, Sally (TJ) Jones, the Entire Meadows Family members and a loving host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Viewing will be held from 6-7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at Carters Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, 1525 North Grand Street, Amarillo,Texas. Funeral Service will be held in Wellington Saturday, January 20, 2024, with an open viewing at Victory Temple from 9am-11am and then funeral service at noon at First Baptist Church in Wellington. To view the full obituary, visit ggmortuary. com.
