NameBenjamin Earl Baldridge, 5C1R
Birth12 Aug 1916, Clearfield, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death4 Feb 1964, Freeport, Stephenson Co., Illinois
Marriage6 Oct 1934, Rowan Co., Kentucky82
Divorce
SpouseNola Gertrude Dillon
Birth22 Mar 1918, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death17 Dec 1999, Marion, Anderson Co., Indiana
BurialOakland Cemetery, Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio
Children
Notes for Benjamin Earl Baldridge
The Kentucky birth index lists Benjmin E. Baldridge, born 12 Aug 1916 in Breathitt Co. (a misindexing of Rowan Co.
11), mother’s maiden name Mary Colt.
The SSDI lists Benjamin Baldridge, born 12 Aug 1916, died Feb 1967, last residence Freeport, Stephenson Co., Illinois, SSN issued in Kentucky before 1951.
Notes for Nola Gertrude Dillon
Her obituary in the Morehead News read “Nola G. Baldridge, 81, formerly of Shelby, Ohio died Friday, Dec. 17 [1999] at the Community Healthcare Center in Marion, Ohio after an extended illness.
She was born March 22, 1918 at Rowan County to the late Charles and Dora Arnold Dillon. A member of the Church of God, she retired in 1979 from the Quanex Corporation after 30 years of service and was a member of the Quanex Retirement Club where she served as past president.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Lily, Ethel and Berthie Dillon and two brothers, Homer and Harlan Dillon.
Surviving are two sons and daughters in law, Bill James and Janie Baldridge of Morehead and Larry David and Pam Baldridge of Springfield, Ohio, three daughters, Betty Jean Baldridge of Shelby, Ohio, Phyllis and Larry Robinette of Shelby, Ohio, and Janet and David Keipp of Pataskia, Ohio, eight grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and three sisters, Gladys Skaggs of Mansfield, Ohio, Marie Lambert of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Stella Glover of Morehead.
Funeral services were conducted Monday, Dec. 20 at the Turner Funeral Home at Shelby, Ohio with the Rev. Tim Schrock, pastor of the First Church of God, officiating, burial in the Oakland Cemetery in Shelby, Ohio. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Alzheimers Association, 1 Marion Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio, 44901.”