Harold Ray Eldridge
Funeral services for Mr. Harold R. Eldridge, age 80, of Livingston will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 22, 2015 from the Holly Springs Church of Christ. The body will lie-in-state at the church from 10 a.m. until time of service with Bro. Bruce Mullinix officiating. Burial will be in the Holly Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Speck Funeral Home on Monday evening from 5 until 9 p.m. Mr. Eldridge passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Livingston Regional Hospital. He was born September 8, 1935 in Overton County to the late Ed Edith Christian Eldridge. He grew up in the Crawford Mills area of Overton County on a farm. His love for football started as a young child playing with his friends and eventually on a team in grade school. His favorite football team was the Tennessee Titans. Some of the first jobs he held were working at A.B. Ogletree's store and at Carey Gore's Service Station. He met the love of his life Miss Frances Lorene Greenwood on the Livingston Court House Square which was the place to hang out with all the people and friends in town. Harold and Lorene were married at Bro. Fate Hunter's house on January 12, 1962. They soon...[more]View Full Online Obituary and Tributes
ved to Sterling Heights, Michigan and started their family. Harold worked for and retired from the Ford Motor Company. He was proud to be part of the United Auto Workers. Harold Lorene and their family moved back to Tennessee in 1990 where they would spend the next 25 years together. Harold enjoyed working outside, and helping his brother-in-law in carpentry work and trading cattle. He attended the Elm Grove Church of Christ as a child but became a member of the Holly Springs Church of Christ when they moved back home in 1990. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Lorene Greenwood Eldridge of Livingston; sons, Doug Eldridge of Livingston, Danny Eldridge of Cookeville; grandson, Jesse Eldridge of Rickman; brother, Ernest Eldridge wife, Joyce of Alpine; brother-in-law, Tom Greenwood wife, Judy of Hilham. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his sisters: Ruth Copeland, Pearl Elrod, Dean Warden, Irene Brown, Myrtle Allred Helen McCauley; a brother: Flowler Eldridge. Pallbearers to serve are Doug Eldridge, Jesse Eldridge, Shannon Eldridge, Blake McCauley, Gary Greenwood, Steve Greenwood. Honorary Pallbearers are Seth Greenwood, Mark Allred, Sean Eldridge, and his best friend for over fifty years, Charlie Rash. amp;amp;amp;lt;/iframe
