He was a member of Reformation Lutheran Church.
Fred retired from the United States Postal Service and was a lifelong farmer and carpenter. He was also a veteran of the U. S. Navy.
Fred graduated from Greeneville High School and attended college at Carson-Newman.
The family states he was a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather.
Survivors include his wife of 70 years: Dorothy Waddell Rader; one son and daughter-in-law: John and Amelia Rader; two grandsons and spouses: Alan and Amanda Rader and Daniel and Ginnie Rader; one sister-in-law: Bea Waddell; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents: Marcus and Bessie Rader; two brothers: Carroll (Vivian) Rader and Howard Lynn (Wanda) Rader; father-in-law and mother-in-law: John M. and Rachel Waddell; and two brothers-in-law: John Martin Waddell and James Edward Waddell.
The family will receive friends on Friday from 5-7 pm at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held at 7 pm in the chapel of the funeral home with Pastor Jim Dumond and Pastor Richard Steele officiating.
Interment will be in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens on Saturday morning at 11 am. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10:30 am to go in procession to the cemetery.
Pallbearers are family and friends.
Honorary pallbearers are George Fillers, Loyd Holt, Carl Belcher, Robert Seaton and his Meadow Creek neighbors.
The family wishes to extend a special thanks to the staff of Amedisys Hospice.
