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Floyd E. ELDRIDGE
Denison - Funeral for Floyd E. Eldredge, 64, of 3506 Oakwood, who
died Wednesday at a local hospital, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Johnson-Moore
chapel. Rev. Joe Dee Ray and L.D. Lamb, will officiate. Burial
will be at Sadler Cemetery.
Eldredge was born in Sadler, Dec. 21, 1914, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvester Eldredge. He attended school at Hagerman and Gordonville.
He married May Coats Sutherland, Oct. 27, 1972, in Denison. He was
a switchman for the M-K-T Railroad, retiring in 1975 with 33 years service.
Eldredge was a member of the First Baptist Church, a deacon in the
Hyde Park Baptist Church and a member of the United Transportation Union.
Survivors are his wife; two sons, Floyd Weldon, Denison; and Billy
Wayne, Dallas; two daughters, Betsy Jones, Dallas; and Mrs. Linda O'Dell,
Nashville, Tenn.; a brother, Chester P. Eldredge, Collinsville; a sister,
Mrs. Geneva Fewell, Deming, N.M.; 10 grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home tonight from 7:30 to 8:30.
Pallbearers will be Clarence Rowland, Harry Looney, Tom Hilton,
Harold Jones, Clifford Deal and Bob Furr.
