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William M. Eldridge

4 Jan 1883 – 10 Apr 1966

Birth	4 Jan 1883
Death	10 Apr 1966
Cemetery	Tidwell Cemetery Tidwell , Hunt County , Texas , USA
Added by	John Armstrong on 21 Oct 2003
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7366760

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Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1846-1911, page 135: groom: Eldridge, W.M. bride: Jacobs, Lillie married: 30 Dec 1909 recorded: marriage volume P page 20 Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Monday, 11 Apr 1966, page 2, Deaths, W. E. (sic) Eldridge Rites Set Today William M. Eldridge, 83, 4100 Morrison St., died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Terrell following a nine-months illness. Funeral services will be held at the Coker-Mathews-Peters Chapel at 2 p.m. today. Officiating will be Rev. B. J. Bell with burial to follow in Tidwell Cemetery. Mr. Eldridge was born Jan. 4, 1883, in Sparta, Tenn., the son of John Eldridge and Susan Worley Eldridge. He came to Texas when he was a small boy, settled at Dixon, and later moved to Whiterock. He married Lily Jacobs. Survivors include eight sons, Ray Eldridge, Odell Eldridge, Charles Eldridge, all of Greenville, Billy Eldridge of Celeste, William Eldridge, Jr. of Mesquite, James Eldridge of Dallas, John R. Eldridge of Killeen, and Celburne Eldridge of McKinney; two daughters, Mrs. Suzy Watson of Celeste and Mrs. Irene Dunn of Lubbock; one brother, Raymond Eldridge of California; two sisters, Avo Lilly of Carlsbad, N. M., and Mrs. Clem Parrish (sic) of Greenville; and 18 grand children and four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Porter Knox, W. E. Quattlebaum, Tom Caldwell, Frank Goen, M. A. Watson and Winfred Wilborn. -- stone inscription: ELDRIDGE LILLIE J. NOV. 25, 1889 DEC. 16, 1975 IN LOVING MEMORY WILLIAM JAN. 4, 1883 APR. 10, 1966

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Family

Parents

• Susan Worley Eldridge 1859–1939

Spouse

• Lillie Jacobs Eldridge 1889–1975

Siblings

• David Crockett Eldridge 1883–1947
• Brice Carl Eldridge 1888–1958
• Mary Jo Eldridge Bullock 1888–1948
• Jess Garner Eldridge 1890–1957
• John Robert "Bob" Eldridge 1897–1937
• Altie Eldridge Parish 1898–1970
• Wylie Kenneth Eldridge 1899–1962
• Nie Eldridge 1900–1945
• Charles A Eldridge 1900–1964
• Avo Irene Eldridge Lilly 1905–1967

Children

• Susie Eldridge Watson 1910–2005
• Odell E. "Son" Eldridge 1912–1980
• Cleburne Eldridge 1915–2014
• Gladys Irene Eldridge Dunn 1919–1983
• Ray Eldridge 1921–2002
• John Raymond Eldridge 1924–2019
• Billy Wayland Eldridge 1926–2015
• Willie Junior Eldridge Jr 1928–2006
• James Clifton Eldridge 1935–2014

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