Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, June 24, 1998

John Elton Eldridge

Funeral services for John Elton Eldridge, 71, of Winnsboro were held Wednesday at Temple Baptist Church in Winnsboro with the Rev. J. Alan Miller and the Rev. Joe Aulds officiating.

Interment followed in Odgen Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home of Winnsboro.

Mr. Eldridge died Monday, June 15, 1998 at Franklin Medical Center. He was a deacon at Temple Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Elaine Eldridge, Winnsboro; daughters and sons-in-law, Dianne and Steve Sampley, Meridian, Miss.; Sheila and Paul Lofton; Lisa and Randall Temple; and Susan Eldridge, all of Winnsboro; son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Krista Eldridge, Deville, La.; one sister, Doris Knipp, Winnsboro; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Pallbearers were Bill Robertson, Leo Thornhill, Cecil Pylant, Clifton Davis, Millard Osborn, and J. L. Hendrix.

Honorary pallbearers were deacons of Temple Baptist Church.

Memorials may be made to Temple Baptist Church Children's Fund.