Freestone County, Texas
Obituary


Fairfield Recorder - June 29, 2006 edition - page 4B

Tom Wooldridge, Jr.

Tom L. Wooldridge, Jr., 62, of Hudson, Mass. died Tuesday, June 13 after a 
courageous battle with cancer.  Funeral services were held Saturday, June 17 at 
Grace Baptist Church, with burial following at Forestvale Cemetery in Hudson.

Mr. Wooldridge was born Sept 3, 1943 in San Antonio to Tom L. Sr. and Jorene
Self Wooldridge.  After graduating from W.W. Samuel high school in Dallas, he 
answered his draft call and taking his beloved saxophone, went into the U.S. 
Army, where he traveled with the band playing military functions all over the 
country. 

In returning from serivce, he entered college and received his undergraduate
degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.  Mr. Wooldridge accepted a 
position in the U.S. governemtn at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, 
Ohio, and continued his education at Wright State University, where he earned 
his MBA.

In 1976, he married Mary Elizabeth Pitl and transferred to Hanson Air Force Base 
at Boston, Mass.  At Hanson he received the signal honor of being one of the 
few civilians selected to attended the Air Command and Staff College from 
which he graduated with honors.

He was appointed Chief of Contracts for ESC (Electronic Systems Command) and 
continued to serve until his retirement in 2002.

Mr. Wooldridge is survived by his wife, Mary E. Wooldridge, his son Jason of 
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla; two daughters, Rita Renee Adams and husband Rick of Natick,
Mass; and Shaun Walsh and husband Patrick of Port Huron, Mich.

He is survived by his parents Arlan and Jorene Self Clemmer of Blossom, Texas,
and Tom L. Sr. and Donella Wooldridge of Freeport, Texas; three sisters, Rita
Chestnut of Dallas; Becky Johnson of Blossom; Lynda Ford of Houston; two 
brothers, Brian Clemmer of Blossom and Jerry Wooldridge of Houston; eight
grand children and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Wooldridge is also preceded in death by his grandparents Harry Linn and 
Fannie Mar McIlveen Wooldridge and Jim Grover and Florence Suttles Self.