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Deborah Denise "Debbie" Gulledge Ethridge

November 15, 1966 — October 29, 2024

Abbeville, Alabama

DEBORAH DENISE “DEBBIE” GULLEDGE ETHRIDGE

ABBEVILLE… Deborah Denise “Debbie” Gulledge Ethridge, a resident of Abbeville, Alabama,

passed away early Tuesday morning, October 29, 2024, at a Dothan hospital. She was 57.

Graveside services will be held 10:00 A.M. Friday, November 1, 2024, New Zion Free Will

Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Joey Pettis officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Thursday evening at Wright Funeral Home & Crematory. Wright Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested contributions be made in Mrs. Ethridge’s honor to,

C.H.A.R.M., P.O. Box 216 Headland, Alabama 36345, www.charmheadland.org; S.H.A.R.K., P.O. Box 126 Abbeville, Alabama 36310, www.info@shark37.care; New Zion Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 9716 County Road 99 Headland, Alabama 36345; National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, New York 10016, www.kidney.org.

Mrs. Ethridge was born in Dothan, Alabama, to the late Gerald Gulledge and Emma Jean

Gulledge. She lived in Headland, Alabama, most of her life until moving to the Screamer Community of Henry County, Alabama, near Abbeville, Alabama, three years ago. During adolescence, Debbie was diagnosed with a congenital kidney disease and later underwent a successful kidney transplant with a donation from her mother, Jean. She graduated from Headland High School in 1985 and took cosmetology classes, but she soon found success in the world of retail management, where she spent her career. She worked with the Wiregrass Rehabilitation Center, managing the furniture department, until she was medically retired due to her illness. She was a member of the Balkum Baptist Church. 

Debbie was a beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and wife. She loved her family above all else. In the early 2000s, she reconnected with a high school sweetheart, Keith Ethridge, and they married in 2007 at a beautiful ceremony in Gatlinburg. They had many happy years together, loved to host family holiday gatherings, and doted on their dogs Moe and Dixie. 

Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by a brother, Jerry “Bubba” Gulledge.

Leaving to cherish her memories is her husband, James Keith Ethridge; her sisters, Marcia

Gulledge Hadden (Wayne) and Sheila Gulledge Welch; her brother, Anthony Gulledge (Amy); her father-in-law, Kenneth Ethridge; her sister-in-law, Kendra Ethridge Feltman; and her several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

 

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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Thursday, October 31, 2024

5:00 - 7:00 pm (Central time)

Wright Funeral Home and Crematory

15579 US Hwy 431 South, Headland, AL 36345

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Graveside Service

Friday, November 1, 2024

10:00 - 11:00 am (Central time)

New Zion Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery

9716 County Road 99, Headland, AL 36345

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