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Crystal Zella MURDOCK WOOLDRIDGE

Phillips (Cave Springs) Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

James
October 27, 1914 - May 28, 1991

*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Morning News
Wednesday, May 29, 1991

Chester Wooldridge, 76, of Bentonville, died Tuesday, May 28, at Bates Memorial Hospital.

Born Oct. 27, 1914, at Pineville, Mo., to Edward Lewis Wooldridge and Emma Samantha Cook Wooldridge, he moved here from Missouri in 1935. He was a farmer and a member of the First Baptist Church in Cave Springs. In 1938, he married Crystal Murdock. He was preceded in death by his brother Reece Wooldridge.

Survivors are his wife, Crystal Wooldridge; two sons, Darrel Wooldridge of Wagoner, Okla., and Ronnie Wooldridge of Aubrey, Texas; four daughters, Marilyn Rutherford of Cave Springs, Shirley Sinor of Fresno, Calif., Jayne Worsham of Fort Worth, Texas, and Donna Smith of Acampo, Calif.; three sisters, Fern Lett of Grove, Okla., Alice Callis of Bentonville and Azalee Glaysher of Longview, Wash.; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral is set for 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Cave Springs with the Rev. J.N. Farish officiating. Burial is to be in Phillips Cemetery under direction of Burns Funeral Home of Bentonville. Visitation is to begin 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Burns Funeral Home of Bentonville. Memorials may be made to The American Cancer Society or the First Baptist Church of Cave Springs.

Crystal
August 14, 1919 - February 19, 2016

*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday, February 21, 2016

CAVE SPRINGS - Crystal Zella (Murdock) Wooldridge, 96, passed away Friday, Feb. 19, at Circle of Life-Legacy Village in Bentonville.

For the past eight years she had made her home at The Gardens Assisted living in Bentonville. Crystal was born Aug, 14, 1919, to the late Claud and Nora Murdock and lived on the family farm near Cave Springs until her 53-year marriage to James Chester Wooldridge, who preceded her in 1991.

Crystal was a member of First Baptist Church of Cave Springs where she served faithfully until her health prevented. She was dearly loved and respected by her family and friends. She was a godly woman who lived out her faith before her children. She provided for her family and often took food or an encouraging word to her neighbors.

It was rare to see Crystal idle. She enjoyed working with her hands; sewing, quilting, cooking and gardening. Crystal also loved to journal and wrote numerous accounts of her life as a girl and stories about her family. She also was a reporter for her church at one time, reporting news from her church to the county newspaper. Though she Loved her hobbies, her greatest gift was love and she had a big hug and a listening ear for anyone who needed a kind and encouraging word.

Crystal is survived by her children: Darrel Wooldridge (Cinda) of Pea Ridge, Marilyn Haney (Gary) of Cave Springs, Ronnie Wooldridge (Sue) of Aubrey, Texas, Janye Worsham (Larry) of Springfield, Mo., and Donna Smith (Dick) of Dutch Mills, Ark.; her sister, Nina Ruth Griggs of Parsons, Kan.; 21 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and dear friends.

Services will be tomorrow at Lakeview Baptist Church of Northwest Arkansas in Cave Springs with visitation beginning at 11 a.m. and Funeral Service at 12 noon with interment to follow in Phillips Cemetery near Cave Springs.

Memorials are suggested to Circle of Life Hospice at Legacy Village, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, AR 72762. Arrangements are under the care of Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers, www.RollinsFuneral.com.

Married September 9, 1938

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Submitted: 11/1/16 • Approved: 11/5/16 • Last Updated: 11/8/16 • R1159539-G1159537-S3

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