Willie V Canaday, August 13, 1927 — March 07, 2019

Willie V Canaday (Saint Petersburg, Florida, FL) August 13, 1927 March 07, 2019 Death notice, Obituaries, Necrology
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Birth date: August 13, 1927

Death date: March 07, 2019

Death place: Saint Petersburg, Florida(FL), USA

Funeral Home: Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery

Willie V. Canaday, 91, born in Lillington, NC to Hubert and Vivie Draughan Canaday, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019. Willie served in the Navy in both WWII and Korean Wars. He graduated from the University of Miami School of Engineering in 1957.

Willie is survived by his wife Barbara, his son Dennis (wife Terry) of Hudson, his daughter Belle Taylor (husband Thomas) of St. Petersburg, his granddaughter Laura LaBelle (husband Avery) of Fredricksburg, VA and his granddaughter Savannah Taylor of St. Petersburg. He has two great-grandchildren, Lucy and Willie LaBelle of Fredricksburg, VA. Willie served with the Corps of Engineers at Homestead AFB during the Cuban Missile Crisis; supervised construction of the airfield and hospital.

He designed launch pads at Cape Canaveral and at MacDill AFB supervised construction of the Strike Command Building, among several other military projects. his civilian projects included deepening of Tampa Harbor, the Cross Bayou Flood Control project, the Skyway disaster. He was appointed as Liaison Officer of the new American Embassy in Russia, and the building of the first lighted airfield in Honduras.

He earned a Presidential Award in 1977 from President Gerald Ford, and a key to the City of St. Petersburg. He retired from the Corps in 1986. He is a former member of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club and the President of the Propeller Club, the Vinoy Golf Club and the Sun City Golf Club.

Services at Bay Pines National Cemetery will be held at a later date. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Willie V. Canaday please visit our Sympathy Store.

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death notice Willie V Canaday August 13, 1927 — March 07, 2019

obituary notice Willie V Canaday August 13, 1927 — March 07, 2019

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