Fredda W. Salter

December 21, 2015

Fredda W. Salter, 70, of Bainbridge, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015 at her residence.

The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at First Church of God with Rev. Donna Bevels and Rev. Conrad Salter officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Justin Anderson, Kyle Henderson, Jimbo Godwin, Charlie Brock, Jamie Elkins, Tommy Lashley, and Wayne Shepard serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Ralph Spooner, Billy Williamson, Lee Key and Robert Lomineck.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at

www.iveyfuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to: First Church of God, 501 S. Russ Street, Bainbridge, GA 39819.

Mrs. Salter was born February 3, 1945 in Bainbridge, the daughter of Fred Williamson and Ruby Hughes Williamson. Fredda lived all of her life in Decatur County. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School and married James Delano Salter in 1973. Fredda retired from Englehard after many years of faithful service as the secretary to the plant manager. After retirement she spent several years as a volunteer with Memorial Hospital and Manor working as a secretary and in the Hospital Gift Shop.

Fredda was a devoted Christian and enjoyed Bible study with fellow believers. She shared her love for music, especially southern gospel, when she played the piano for her home church, First Church of God. Fredda loved to care for others and family was a priority. She enjoyed her yoga classes at the Bainbridge-Decatur County YMCA and playing Mahjong in her spare time.

Survivors include her husband, J.D. Salter; her children, Peggy Michelle Salter and Del Salter; and her brothers, Jack Williamson of Faceville, James Williamson and his wife LaJean of Bainbridge, and Larry Williamson and his wife Glenda of Florissant, MO.