Individual Details

Death

Beatrice Hughes Eldridge Prestridge 
(December 7, 1913 - December 11, 2006) 

A service to celebrate the life of Beatrice Prestridge will be held Thursday December 14 2007 at First Baptist Church of Crowville. Services will be officiated by Rev. Charles Davis, Rev. Warren Eckhardt, and Rev. David Worthington. Interment will follow in Crowville Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Gill First National Funeral Home of Winnsboro. 

Beatrice, affectionately known as "Granny" was born December 7, 1913 in Trenton, MS and died December 11, 2006 in Monroe, LA. In her early teens, her family sold their farm in Mississippi and moved to Franklin Parish to raise cotton. She married at the age of 16 and worked on the farm along side her husband, Marvin Eldridge until his death at the age of 44. After ten years she met and married her second husband, Herbert Prestridge, and they enjoyed five happy years before he passed away. 

Granny lived a very frugal life and was a passionate gardener raising most of the food for her and her family. She was widely known for her vegetable garden which she worked with her Troy-Bilt tiller until her late 80's. She was always known for hard work and her generosity in sharing her fruits and vegetables with the community-especially her blueberries and figs. She also loved all flowers as was evidenced by a stroll through her yard during any season. 

She loved her Lord and she loved her family. She loved to read and spent many hours reading her Bible. She spent countless hours cooking for family get-togethers especially at holiday time. She had two favorite sayings, "when you want something done right, do it yourself," and "any job worth doing, is worth doing right." 

Since both of her husbands died early, she lived most of her life alone. In February of 2005, she left her home in Crowville and moved to Azalea Estates in Monroe. While a resident at Azalea, she made many new friends and thoroughly enjoyed her domino partners and many bingo games. She also enjoyed attending all of the socials held at Azalea. She was preceded in death by her parents George Mathis Hughes and Rhoda Griffith Hughes; husbands, Marvin Eldridge and Herbert Prestridge; brothers, Houston Hughes, Oliver Hughes, Walter Dent Hughes, George Hughes, and Lacy Hughes; sisters, Ida Hughes, Willie Parker, Maude Lacy, Gennie Fortenberry, Clara Boyd, and Alma Bennett; granddaughter, Cindy Fallin and daughter-in-law, Jerrivon Eldridge. 

She is survived by sons Elbert Eldridge and wife Jackie of Crosby, TX, Jimmy Eldridge and wife Martha of West Monroe, Lawrence Eldridge and wife Gloria of Delhi, and Billy Eldridge of Crowville; daughter, Kathryn Hunter and husband John of Monroe; 10 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews; and a special sister-in-law, Pearl Hughes of Hendersonville