Mary Madge Eldridge Hinson

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Mary Madge Eldridge Hinson, 91, of Dothan, Alabama, died  Friday, January 8, 2010  at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan.

Madge was born in Cottondale on December 16, 1918,  to Levy Jefferson and Mattie B. Eldridge. She and her husband Jack moved to North Carolina where for many years she was active in numerous community organizations before moving to Dothan in 1989.  Madge will be remembered for her love of family, her generosity and kindness to many people through the years, and her talent as a gifted pianist.

Madge was preceded in death by her husband Jack, daughter  Janice;  two sisters,  Doris Dobyns and Evelyn Runkle;  two brothers, Buel & Joe Eldridge. 

Survivors include two sisters, Jean Wagner (husband, Jim) of Lafayette, IN., and Mavis Todd of Dothan;  two sisters-in-law, Marjorie Eldridge of Pensacola and Doris Hinson of Sylvester, GA;  one brother-in-law, Samuel Dobyns of Lexington, VA.; and many nephews and nieces.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at James & Sikes Maddox Chapel in Marianna.  Burial will follow in Campbellton Baptist Church Cemetery with James & Sikes Funeral Home Maddox Chapel directing. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service at the funeral home.

Flowers will be accepted or those wishing may make memorial contributions to Lovewood Baptist Church or Campbellton Baptist Church.

Special thanks to her caregivers: Sue Brunson, Carol Worley, Cindy Morrow and Alicia Bond.