FRANK CLARK BALDRIDGE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JULY 24, 1919, IN ALGIER, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE FRANKLIN AND CLARA (NORTHCUTT) BALDRIDGE. FRANK DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT GEORGIAN GARDENS NURSING HOME ON JUNE 16, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-THREE DAYS.
FRANK IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, LARRY BALDRIDGE AND WIFE ELAINE OF CADET, TWO STEP SONS, CHARLES "BOB" TURNER AND WIFE PAT OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, TOM TURNER OF BELGRADE, TWO STEP DAUGHTERS, SHARON COLEMAN AND HUSBAND CHARLIE "BUTCH" OF POTOSI, GLENDA BUCKLEY AND HUSBAND DONALD OF BELGRADE, ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, MICHELLE BALDRIDGE OF ST. CLAIR, THIRTEEN STEP GRANDCHILDREN, ONE HALF BROTHER, GEORGE PINSON AND WIFE BETTY OF POTOSI, ONE SISTER, DOLLIE ETHEL EATON OF BOURBON, A SPECIAL NEPHEW, CURTIS MUELLER OF SULLIVAN AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FIRST WIFE, DOROTHY NIPPER BALDRIDGE, HIS SECOND WIFE, RUTH MITCHELL TURNER BALDRIDGE, HIS THIRD WIFE, IDA LAWS BALDRIDGE, TWO SISTERS, BESSIE MUELLER, HELEN FROSSARD SHOWMAN, TWO HALF BROTHERS, VIRGIL OSCAR PINSON AND JOHN WILLARD PINSON.
FRANK HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR MAN KIND AND ENJOYED ALL OF HIS FRIENDS, FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY. FRANK ENJOYED TRAVELING AND HAD A WONDERFUL, FUN FILLED VACATION WITH HIS NEPHEW CURTIS. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND MUSHROOM HUNTING. IN HIS LATER YEARS HE LOVED TO SPEND TIME AT THE SAYERS SENIOR CENTER AND PLAY POOL.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2000, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2000, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, MIKE YOUNT, GARY YOUNT, CURTIS MUELLER, TIM TURNER, JIM THOMPSON, LEE TOPPINGS, MIKE MOSIER AND DAVE CORNMAN.