JACKSON -- Ralph William Wooldridge, 70, of Taft, Calif., died Saturday, March 14, 1992, at his home.
He was born Aug. 20, 1921, in Mayfield. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Wooldridge was a bus driver and custodian with McKittrick Schools six and a half years. He later owned and operated Westside Janitorial four years. He moved to Jackson in 1984, and returned to Taft in April 1991.
Survivors include his wife, Audrey; three sons, Gary Wooldridge of Simi Valley, Calif., Dennis and Gary Dabbs of Taft; a daughter, Linda Lowery of Chaffee; two brothers, Harold Wooldridge of Benton, Gladys Wooldridge of Chaffee; 10 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Erickson and Brown Funeral Chapel in Taft. Reynolds Richie will officiate, with entombment in West Side District Cemetery Mausoleum.
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