Person:Otis Redding (2)

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Rev Otis Redding, Sr
b.24 Aug 1913 Dawson, Terrell, Georgia, United States
d.28 Apr 1968 Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States
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  • F.  Will Redding (add)
  • M.  Laura Fambro (add)
  1. Rev Otis Redding, Sr1913 - 1968
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  1. Darlene Redding1939 - 1988
  2. Otis Ray Redding, Jr1941 - 1967
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Name Rev Otis Redding, Sr
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Aug 1913 Dawson, Terrell, Georgia, United States
Marriage to Fannie Mae Roseman
Death? 28 Apr 1968 Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States

Father of singer Otis Redding, Jr., married to Fannie Roseman Redding around 1937. In 1946, the family moved to the Tindal Heights Housing Project in Macon, Georgia. Otis Sr. worked at Robins Air Force Base, one of the local places of employment for blacks, and preached on the weekends. His son Otis, Jr. began singing in choir of the Vineville Baptist Church. For much of Otis' childhood his father was sick. Living for awhile in a shotgun house in west Macon known as Bellevue, the family was forced to move back into the project after it burnt down.

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