Doyle Eldridge

MR. DOYLE ELDRIDGE AGE 98 OF TAZEWELL, TN PASSED AWAY AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 4, 2012. HE WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF CHITTUM CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLLICT WITH THREE TOURS OF DUTY. HE WaS IN THE 101ST AIRAAAABORNE DIVISION. DOYLE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CLAIBORNE COUNTY. HIS PARENTS WERE THE LATE JOHN AND MARY DANIELS ELDRIDGE. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER JOHN "JAY" ELDRIDGE; SISTER MAGGIE ELDRIDGE YEARY; NEPHEWS WAYNE AND BENNY ELDRIDGE AND NIECES, RITA ELDRIDGE MYERS AND CARLA ELDRIDGE.

HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE OF 41 YEARS: VICTORIA SEAL ELDRIDGE

DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW: ANNA ELDRIDGE AND TONY AUSTIN

THREE GRANDCHILDREN: NICHOLAS, ISSAC AND GABRIELLA AUSTIN OF MARYVILLE, TN

BROTHERS AND SISTERS: TIP ELDRIDGE, ROE ELDRIDGE, RUTH GOINS AND PAULINE FERGUSON

AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 2 P.M. TUESDAY MARCH 6, 2012 WITH FUNERAL SERVICE TO FOLLOW AT 2 P.M. TUESDAY IN THE COFFEY FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL. BURIAL IN THE FANNON CEMETERY.

MINISTER: REV. JAKIE CUNNINGHAM

PALLBEARERS: JAMES AND JIM ROUSE, BILLY CUNNINGHAM, JONATHAN SEAL, BILLY RUSSELL AND DEAN DUNCAN

HONORARY PALLBEARER: RANDY DAVIS

COFFEY FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE.