Walter Ethridge

September 29, 1935 - December 19, 2019

Walter Ethridge, age 84, of Colt, died Thursday, December 19, 2019. He had been in poor health for the past three months. Mr. Ethridge was born September 29, 1935, in St. Francis County, and was the son of Jim Ethridge and Trannie Lou Nesmith Ethridge. He lived in Colt most of his life, was a retired farmer, and was a Baptist. Mr. Ethridge married Sarah Helen Mask in 1973, and she preceded him in death in 1996. He is survived by two sons; John Ethridge, and wife, Pat, of Berry, Alabama, and David Ethridge of Spring Hill, Arkansas, one granddaughter, Samantha Sharp, and husband, Jeremy, of Caldwell, one great-grandson, Aiden Sharp, and a host of nieces and nephews. Services for Mr. Ethridge will be held at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 2:00 P.M., Sunday, with burial in Loughridge Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, 1:00 P.M., until the time of the service. Stevens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. You may log on to stevensfuneralhome.net for the online registry.