Edwin Earl Pledger

Services for Edwin Earl Pledger, 89, of Houston, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007.

Mr. Pledger was born April 14, 1917, in Jacksonville, Texas to James Oliver Earl Pledger and Mary Melvin Ragsdale Pledger. He served his country faithfully during World War II in the Merchant Marine Corp. Mr. Pledger attended Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville, Texas and the University of Texas. He married the former Almeta Carter on Nov. 8, 1941, and she preceded him in death on May 5, 2003. Mr. Pledger worked for Sun Oil for 35 years as a Acquisition Geophysicist. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Earle’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery Association, where he served as Treasurer.

His survivors include a daughter, Cynthia Ann Bridges; two sons, Robert Pledger and his wife Dorothy, and Timothy C. Pledger; two granddaughters, Jennifer Elaine Pledger Zackary, and Amy Bridges; and four great grandchildren, Katherine Zackary, Ethridge Zackary, Madison Bridges, and Nathan Bridges.

Friends are invited to a visitation with the family from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at Forest Park Westheimer Funeral Home, 12800 Westheimer Road. Funeral Services will be conducted at 2:00 p. m. Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007, at Earle’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, Texas. Interment will follow in Earle’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, in Jacksonville, Texas.

In lieu flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be sent to the Earle’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, P. O. Box 602, Jacksonville, Texas 75766.
 

February 13, 2007

Information from the Jacksonville Daily Progress.