BG Jon Alan Standridge, USA, Retired, was born April 15, 1936, in Hot Springs to the late Elmer Clyde and Juanita Atkins Standridge. He passed away peacefully at his home in Montgomery County on April 16, 2021, with his loving family by his side. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by his brother Gary (Louise) Standridge of Rogers, and his in-laws Earl and Geneva Irons of Mount Ida.
Jon graduated from Mount Ida High School in 1954 before graduating from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Husbandry. He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and the Army ROTC where he was a Distinguished Graduate.
Jon had a distinguished thirty-two year career in the military where he achieved the rank of Brigadier General while in the United States Army Reserve. During his time in the military he had numerous assignments including Commander and Chief of the Company Arms Group, 95th Training Command, Commander of the 460th Chemical Brigade, Commander of the 336th Ordnance Battalion, Chief of the Training Division, 122nd ARCOM, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Operations, and Intelligence for the 122nd ARCOM, Director and Instructor for the 4145th USAR School, Platoon Leader and Executive Officer for the 1st Battle Group, 29th Infantry, Platoon Leader and Commanding Officer for Company I, 3rd Battalion, 379th Regiment, 95th Division. He also received numerous decorations/badges including the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Two Ten-Year Devices, Army Service Ribbon, and Parachutist Badge.
Jon also worked for the United States Postal Service as a postal clerk and mail carrier and served as Postmaster in Mount Ida and Mena, Arkansas, retiring after more than thirty-four years with the Postal Service.
He served on the Mount Ida School Board for eleven years and was its President; a Montgomery County Auxiliary Deputy with the Sheriff’s Department; member of the Montgomery County Election Commission; a Justice of the Peace for Montgomery County; President of the Montgomery County Republican Party; founding member of the South Fork Fire Association; member and board member of the Mount Ida United Methodist Church; President of the Montgomery County Lions Club where he received the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award.
His full obituary can be found on Page 3 in the April 22, 2021 issue of the Montgomery County News
Community mourns passing of retired BG Jon Standridge
