Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....RUTLEDGE, JACK ELWOOD August 13, 2013
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News Star World - August 24, 2013
JACK ELWOOD RUTLEDGE

Mr. Jack Elwood Rutledge, age 90, passed away August 13, 2013, in his sleep, 
in Elizabethtown, KY.

Born in Meridian, MS, and knowing Country Singer Jimmie Rodgers as "Uncle 
Jimmie", his family moved to Monroe, LA when he was 3. He graduated from Byrd 
H.S., Shreveport, LA in 1940. Interested in going to "summer camp" he and his 
friends decided to talk to the recruiter. He was a WWII vet, who enlisted in 
the Louisiana Army National Guard in 1940, trained at Ft. Bliss, El Paso, TX, 
was stationed in Iceland for 18 months (where the farmers wouldn't let him 
meet their daughters), went ashore on Utah Beach on D+12, as NCO of a Battery 
in the 494th AAA Gun Battalion, he participated in the defense of Antwerp from 
V-1attacks (he also saw his first jet airplane - as it strafed his unit), and 
was discharged as a Staff Sergeant in 1945. He returned to his home in Monroe, 
LA, and in 1946 married Evelyn Earline Greer. They built the house they lived 
in for almost 60 years a room at a time as they could save to buy the 
materials. He was a machinist until he retired 25 years ago, after 46 years 
with Motor Supply Co. Jack and Earline attended Memorial United Methodist 
Church in Monroe. Jack's hobbies were furniture restoration and wood working, 
singing and performing in community events, and telling jokes. Jack and 
Earline moved to Elizabethtown, KY, last November to be close to their 
daughter, Pam, son-in-law, Bill, and grandson, James.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Joshua B. C. Rutledge and Sarah 
Catherine Ethridge Rutledge; two brothers, Henry R. Mann and W. B. Mann and 
two sisters, Doris R. Turner and Virginia R. Carlson.

Jack is survived by his wife of almost 67 years, Earline, daughter Pamela 
Ridlon, son-in-law, Bill, and grandsons, Will Ridlon, a nursing graduate 
student in Columbia, MO, Captain Michael Ridlon, US Army, Ft. Drum, NY, and 
James Ridlon, who works in Elizabethtown, KY. Pam teaches Middle School at Ft. 
Knox, KY, and Bill is a retired Lt. Colonel, JA, USAR , and an Army civilian 
attorney at Ft. Knox. He is also survived by a sister, Ida B. Hayden of 
Houston, TX.

A Memorial service will be Thursday September 5, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial 
United Methodist Church.

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