Lucile Stone Lockridge

Lucile Stone Lockridge (Lucy) Born October 5, 1930 - May 19, 2021. 90 Years Old When we think of this lady, we think of the many names she was called. Lucy, Lucile, Mrs. Lockridge, Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma, Friend, Aunt Lucy and Mayor. Yep, that is right, she is also known as A.K.A. the Mayor of Remington (the name of her assisted living before The Retreat) She was born in Atlanta, Georgia on October 5, 1930 to James Henry Stone (Pinky) and Marie Stone. Her mother died in childbirth. She was the youngest of 4 siblings; Jean Brinsfield; (Ed Brinsfield); Laurie Smith (Teti), (James Thomas Smith) and James Henry Stone II (Buddy) (Joan Stone). She lived on Glenwood Road in Decatur during her childhood. She graduated High School at Southwest DeKalb. She would often get to go on her brother’s and sisters’ dates until one day, she met the love of her life Harold Gene Lockridge while working as a teller at C & S bank. Her and Gene built a home on Glenwood Road on the Stone, Lockridge, Brinsfield family land. They were married for over 47 years and raised 3 sons. After Gene died, she moved in with Gary and Nancy and went on to live at the Remington House. It is a true statement that it “takes a village to raise children” and that she did along with the help of her sister Jean and brother-in-law Ed that lived right beside her; Teti and Smith that moved to California and Buddy and Joan not far from them. Along with sons, she raised many 2- and 4-legged fur babies that lived on the family land as well. There was Smut Butt, Captain, Bert, Crocket, Pancake, Trixy, Pincher, Lady, Simba, Mack, Blackey, Sam, Rosco, the girl dog that we thought was a boy, ducks, flying squirrels, rabbits, baby squirrels, chickens and an iguana that had to go on vacation with them. She lived in Stone Mountain for a short period of time before moving to Pine Mountain Georgia. She also liked painting everything. She painted by number, painted her porch, painted rooms, painted furniture and painted ornaments. She was such a good painter. It came easy to her. She broke her hip 2 years ago and had major surgery with 3 broken bones in her hip and leg. They (the so called experts) said a lady her age may not recover from this but with PT, she easily recovered. Soon after, she fell again. This time she broke her pelvis and we opted out of surgery afraid that she wouldn’t pull through. She instead had more PT. Once again, the (so called experts) told us she would have a hard time recovering and once again she recovered; not so easily, but recovered. The last diagnosis was lung cancer and again (the experts) gave her a few weeks to a couple of months back in November. She is one strong lady. She again beat all odds and was with us 7 months and through Covid. Her greatest joy above all else was her family and her many friends. She loved to be social with everyone and play games. Steve and Rita, Valerie and John, Melanie and Caleb, Gary and Nancy, Joni and Shane, Julie and Kevin, Davis and Emma, Ryan and Veronica, Jonathan, Ken and Jennifer, Connor, Corey and Cameron were the names you would here on her lips of family she loved. We can tell you that our prayers were answered when no visitation due to Covid was lifted and we could finally visit with her and let her know she was loved in those last few weeks. The hugs she gave were many and strong. The dementia was somewhat forgiving because she knew she missed us but didn’t know how long it has been since she has seen us. The family will have visitation Saturday, May 22nd from 4:30 to 6:00 at the Green Meadow Memorial Gardens, 699 American Legion Rd, Conyers Georgia. The memorial service will be at 6:00 p.m. Her ashes will be buried in Pine Mountain Georgia along side of her beloved husband and son at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please plant something special somewhere special with her name in mind.