W D ‘Dub’ Aldridge age 91 of Santa Anna, Texas passed from this life on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 4:30 am at Holiday Hill Nursing Home in Coleman.
Services will be Wednesday, December 4, 2018 at 10:00 am at First Baptist Church with Rev. David McLean officiating. Interment will follow in the Santa Anna Cemetery under the direction of Henderson Funeral Home of Santa Anna. The family will receive friends for visitation on Tuesday from 6:00 will 7:00 pm at Henderson Funeral Home.
He was born the second of four boy, Walter Douglas Aldridge on June 16, 1927 to Walter Presley and Mary Beulah Vanderford Aldridge. Growing up as a country boy in Lawn, he learned the value of hard work. He helped with various farm chores from picking cotton to helping with livestock. Dub attended elementary school in Content, Texas and graduated from Lawn High School in May 1944. He enlisted in the Army in Sept, 1950 where he served as an engineer. He was stationed in Ft Huachuca, Arizona In September 1952 he was transferred to the Army Reserves and was honorably discharged in September 1956 with the rank of Corporal. According to the family Bible, “on my third furlough I met and planned to marry” the love of his life Ruth Mae Havner. On January 25, 1953 he did just that at First Baptist Church of Coleman, TX. They celebrated 52 years of marriage. He and Ruth made their home in the oilfields and sandhills of Kermit, TX where their children were born.
In October 1967, he moved his family back to the place he loved in Santa Anna, TX. He again enjoyed country life where he worked to pay the bills during the day and farmed and ranched in the evenings and on weekends. In December 1972 he and Ruth bought some property east of Santa Anna and became the first residents of “Aldridge Acres” They lived there the rest of their married lives. After Ruth passed away in 2005 Dub continued to live in the home until September 2017.
Dub loved his Lord, his family and fishing. He also enjoyed working in his shop and tinkering with boat motors.
SURVIVORS
2 Daughters – Deborah & husband Randy Long of Shields, Texas
Belinda and husband Tim Ince of Roscoe, Texas
Son – Duane & wife Kassandra Aldridge of Lake Brownwood, Texas
Grandchildren – Charliese Long Castleberry & husband Lee of Fisk, Texas
Jessica Long Seward & husband Shan of Goldthwaite, Texas
Jared Aldridge & samantha Lew of Austin, Texas
Wesley Aldridge & wife Sarah of Austin, Texas
Heath Ince & wife Jaime of Sweetwater, Texas
Douglas Ince & wife Serena of Runaway Bay, Texas
Jennifer Byars & husband Slade of Bangs, Texas
Melissia Yeats & husband Adam of Brownwood, Texas
Racheal Welker of Brownwood, Texas
18 great grandchildren
3 great great grandchildren
Sisters in Law – Sue Aldridge of Grapevine, Texas
Ruby Hosch of Santa Anna, Texas
Nelda Davis of Blanket, Texas
Freda Purcell of Bangs, Texas
Numerous Cousins, Nieces, Nephews & Friends
Dub was preceded in death by
Wife – Ruth Mae Havner Aldridge
Son – Warren Douglas Aldridge
Parents – Warren Presley Aldridge, Sr. & Beulah Aldridge
Brothers – Warren Presley Aldridge, Jr.
Winston R. (Jinks) Aldridge
Van Aldridge
Sisters in Law – Marion Aldridge and Freddie Aldridge
Pallbearers Grandchildren
