Julia Wooldridge

Julia Jones Wooldridge, 97, passed away at Magnolia Manor of Marion County on Saturday, November 9, 2013.

Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 11:00 AM in Buena Vista City Cemetery with Pastor Larry Wooldridge and Rev. Chris Hess officiating.  The family will receive friends at 319 Oliver St., Buena Vista. 

Mrs. Wooldridge was born November 21, 1915 to the late Benjamin Grady Jones and Kathryn Parker Jones in Cataula, GA.  She was a member of Grace Communion International Church.  Mrs. Wooldridge worked as a cosmetologist but took pride in being a homemaker, and raising her three children.  She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Beautiful View Garden Club. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Lawrence Wooldridge, two brothers, Ben G. Jones, Jr. and Irby Jones and a sister, Marguerite Russell. 

Mrs. Wooldridge is survived by a son, Larry Wooldridge and his wife, Connie of Meriden, CT; two daughters, Kathryn McKenzie of Cusseta, GA and Judy Smith and her husband, Flem of Buena Vista, GA; seven grandchildren, Kelli Smith, Jason Smith, Kathryn Mikisits, Laura Gamache, Lester Wooldridge, Julia McKenzie and William McKenzie; ten great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

You may sign the online guest book and share your own special thoughts and memories by visiting Watson-Tante Funeral Home’s web site at www.watsontantefuneralhome.com.

Watson-Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista, Georgia, is in charge of these arrangements.