Jim "Bud" Ragsdale
March 4, 1935 - January 20, 2012

JIM “BUD” RAGSDALE, age 76, a resident of Irving for 45 years, died Friday, January 20, 2012 at Baylor Medical Center in Irving. Born March 4, 1935 in Dallas, he was the son of Orville Acton and Lucille Segroves Ragsdale. He married Sandra Carter May 1, 1964 in Dallas. Owner of ASAP Concrete Coring for eleven years, he had worked in sheet metal, and was a fishing guide. He was Baptist. Survivors include his wife Sandy Ragsdale of Irving; a son Rowdy Ragsdale of Irving; daughters Sabra Masters and husband Albert of Plano and Tempy Arnold and husband Wes of Euless; ten grandchildren, Tammy and husband James Cragg of Plano, Tony Ragsdale of Irving, Cory and wife Meredith Ragsdale of Allen, Jamey and wife Alyssa Ragsdale of Washington, Lindsey Entrekin of Plano, Devin Arnold of Euless, Austin Ragsdale of Venus, Delaney Arnold of Euless, Haley Ragsdale of Lewisville, and Drake Arnold of Euless; great grandchildren Chloe Ragsdale, Kenley Cragg, and Kayden Ragsdale; a brother Robert Ragsdale of Garland; and a sister Carolyn Mathews of Cleburne. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Ed Ragsdale. The family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 p.m. Monday at Donnelly’s Colonial Funeral Home, 606 W. Airport Freeway in Irving. The funeral will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving. Pastor Anthony Cheek will officiate. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.