Walter Edwin (Ed) Deal Iii

Walter Edwin (Ed) Deal III, 84, of Maryville, TN passed from this life on August 23, 2021. He was born in Long Beach, CA to W.E., Jr. and Thelma Coats Deal on September 11, 1936. He was a graduate of Long Beach Polytechnic HS and TN Wesleyan College. He retired from Eastman Kodak Co. In Rochester, NY. He was a member of Broadway UMC in Maryville. He is predeceased by his parents; his brothers, Gary and Larry Deal; his wife and mother of his children, Frances Slemons Deal.

Survivors: wife, Barbara Pickel Deal; children, son, Jim Deal of Evarts, KY; daughter, Leslie Deal Kalb and Jon Kalb of Midlothian, VA; grandchildren, James Deal, Emily Deal, Adam and Liz Deal Maginot, JD Kalb, Bobby and Leisha Kalb Puryear, Zack and Lydia Kalb Szymanski; great-grandchildren, Braxton, Hayden, and Lucy Frances Puryear, Liliana Grace Szymanski; sister, Shalla Callahan; bonus family, daughters, Sara Inscho Johnson, Nathan and Paula Inscho Trentham; grandchildren, Sky and Elizabeth Trentham Dupree, Daniel Trentham, and Molly Trentham; brother, Gerald Pickel; cousins, Tom and Karen McCarter Mercurio; special friends, Dr. Burkett Witt, Charley Seepe, Bill Hicks, Paul Watkins; many loved extended family and friends including the Kodak and TN Wesleyan families.

McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home on 220 W. Broadway in Maryville will be the site of receiving of friends on Sunday, August 29th, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. with the service to follow at 4:00 p.m at the funeral home. The interment will be at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to TN Wesleyan University, 204 E. College St., Athens, TN 37303 or Broadway UMC, 309 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN 37804.