Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Fairfield Recorder newspaper
April 05, 2008 edition


Marian Lea (Abner) Eldridge

Funeral services will be held today for Marian Lea Eldridge, 97, of Mexia who 
died Friday, March 28, at Parkview Regional Hospital in Mexia.

Mrs. Eldridge was born on Sept. 14, 1910 to parents H.D. and America Abner. She
was raised and educated in the Woodland community and attended Paul Quinn 
College in Waco. Mrs. Eldridge was employed as a housekeeper at the McGee 
Nursing Home. She was a member of Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church
and was a participant in the Mexia State School Foster Grandparent Program.

Services begin at 11 a.m. today at the First United Methodist Church in Mexia 
with Rev. Veliesa Edward officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill 
Cemetery.

Mrs. Eldridge is survived by daughters Sandra Eldridge of Mexia, Verna Jean
Rose of Plano and Edwina Eldridge of Dallas; sons Edwin Eldridge of Mexia and 
Henry Joel Eldridge, both of Dallas; 12 grandchildren; and 34 great 
grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by parents H.D. and America Abner and husband Napoleon
Eldridge.

Arrangements by Moore's Angelic Funeral Home of Teague.

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Teague Chronicle - April 3, 2008


MARIAN LEA ELDRIDGE

Mrs. Marian Lea Eldridge passed away on Friday, March 28, 2008, at Parkview Regional 
Hospital of Mexia, Texas, among devoted and caring family and friends.

Mrs. Eldridge was born on September 14, 1910, to H.D. Abner and America Bluitt 
Abner. She was raised in the Woodland Community, finished the public schools there 
and attended Paul Quinn College in Waco, Texas. She was married to Napoleon Eldridge.

Mrs. Eldridge was a member of the St. John AME Church in Mexia, has been employed 
by the McGee Nursing Home, worked as a housekeeper and retired from the Mexia State 
School Foster Grandparent Program.

Funeral services for Mrs. Eldridge were held on Thursday, April 3, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., 
in the First United Methodist Church, 203 N. Canton, in Mexia, Texas.

Rev. Veliesa Edward, Pastor of St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexia 
officiated and Rev. Kennen Jackson, Pastor of Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal 
Church in Palestine was the Eulogist. Interment was at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Mexia. 
The family luncheon was in the St. John Fellowship Hall and viewing was held on 
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. and visitation from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with 
the family present.

Mrs. Eldridge is survived by her daughters Sandra Eldridge of Mexia, Verna Jean Rose of 
Plano, and Edwina Eldridge of Dallas; her sons Edwin Eldridge of Mexia and Henry Joel 
Eldridge of Dallas; 12 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren and other relatives and 
friends.

Moore’s Angelic Funeral Home of Teague is serving the Eldridge family.