Robert Eldridge

Mr. Robert "Captain Bob" Eldridge. husband of Gail McCullen Eldridge, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at Kennestone Hospital at the age of 81. Funeral services for Mr. Eldridge will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Poole Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bob Arsenault officiating. Burial will follow at Cherokee Memorial Park in Canton. Visitation will be held Friday, March 2, 2018 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Poole Funeral Home. Bob was born June 2, 1936 in Lynn Massachusetts, to the late Robert and Marjorie Pierce Eldridge. Mr. Eldridge served in many different communities as a volunteer fireman for a total of over thirty years. He retired as a Master Sergeant after serving twenty-three years in the United States Air Force. Bob was a member of the Civil Air Patrol, Woodstock Masonic Lodge #246, and was a Ham radio enthusiast, call sign W1YFH. In addition to his parents, Robert was preceded in death by his son Christopher Eldridge. In addition to his wife, Robert is survived by his daughters, Beth Riley and husband Barry of Ft. Worth, TX. Patricia Palmer of Vineyard, UT; sons, Robert Frank Eldridge and wife Carol of San Antonio, TX. Russell Richard Eldridge and his wife Ellen of Woodstock, GA; step son Curtis Anderson and his wife Kim of Anniston, AL; sister, Marjorie Gordon of Sunderland, MA; brother Philip Eldridge and his wife Rita of Chandler, AZ; nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and "one in the hangar", as well as a host of other family and friends. Online condolences may be made at www.poolefuneralhome.net.