Alma Eldridge Bailey, age 92 of Sherwood, formerly of Malvern, died Monday, June 28, 2010 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born in Lonsdale, Arkansas on February 18, 1918 to the late Alva Basil and Georgia Hampton Eldridge. Reared and receiving her early education in Hot Springs and Malvern, she was a graduate of Draughn’s Business College in Little Rock. She worked as secretary and then supervisor for the Employment Security Division in Malvern from 1941 until 1983. Alma had also worked for Dunn and Bradstreet. She was a member of the Garden Club, and was past president of the Business and Professional Women’s Club. An accomplished pianist and organist, Alma played for numerous quartets and served her church with her talents for many years.
She is survived by her sister, Ann Eldridge White of Sherwood; by her nieces, Luann Goleman, Linda Catherine Wolford, and Judy Duerner; by her nephews, Daniel Mark Eldridge, John Edward and his wife Gail Eldridge, Jr.; and by her great-nieces and –nephews, Allen and Kenny Eldridge, and Phillip and Joy Hartwig.
Alma was also preceded in death by two brothers, Virgil Alva Eldridge and John Edward Eldridge, Sr.
Her funeral will be held in the chapel of J. A. Funk Funeral Home on Friday afternoon, July 2, 2010 at two o’clock, with Reverend Don Robinson officiating. Interment will follow in Fairplay Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening from five until seven o’clock.
Online condolences may be made via jafunkfuneralhome.com.
