Not long after high school, while working in the construction

industry, Dale was given the opportunity to manage the

production side of a roofing company. He found this work

to be ideally suited to his personality as he enjoyed relating to people, working outside, and providing high-quality workmanship. In 1980 he opened his own company, Tadlock Roofing, and has had the privilege of serving the community of Tallahassee for over 35 years.

 

He met and married his wife of 34 years, Pamela, who serves as Vice President of Tadlock Roofing. Together they raised three girls, Jessica, Jena, and Courtney, and then went on to adopt two boys and two more girls.  “Tallahassee is a wonderful place to raise a family,” Pam says. “I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else.”

 

The Tadlocks’ journey through the adoption process led them to Crimea, Ukraine, where they adopted their two sons, Logan and Lukas. A few years later they began the process of a Chinese adoption, during which they learned of a little girl in South Florida who had many special needs. They stopped the adoption process in China and added their daughter Isabella to the family. The medical road they have travelled with Isabella has been tough at times, but nothing compares to the joy she brings to everyone she meets. The Tadlocks adopted one more daughter, Elle, and then felt their family of seven children was complete.

 

The Tadlocks’ passion for adoption led them to be nominated as Angels in Adoption by Senator Bill Nelson in 2010, and they were presented the award by Senator Landrieu at the 2010 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute in Washington, DC. Adoption advocacy has and always will be a passion of Tadlock Roofing.

 

Dale has previously served as president for the Capital City Roofing and Sheet Metal Association and is a member of Celebration Baptist Church where he has sat on the Board of Trustees, as well as on several committees.