Virginia (Ginny) Lee (Short) Baldridge of Collinsville was born September 24, 1945 to Gordon Burnell and Mary Virginia (Maxwell) Short in Fort Knox, Kentucky. She passed from this life into the arms of her Savior unexpectedly on September 2, 2020 at the age of 74.

Ginny began her adult career as a waitress at Kress' Department Store at the Luncheon Counter. It was here that she met her "Big Tipper" who became the love of her life, Airman Robert Lee Roy Baldridge. Their romance lasted 40 years, but for her it was 15 years longer. During her lifetime she went to beauty school and worked as a beautician in the early years of her marriage. As she became a mother of 3 little boys she decided she needed a new career, so she enrolled in Northeastern Oklahoma University in Miami, OK and received her Bachelors in Nursing. She continued the rest of her professional life doing what she loved, caring for others as a Registered Nurse.

Ginny was preceded in death by her parents Gordon & Mary Short; her husband Lee Roy Baldridge; her brother Gordon Short; grandson Matthew John Jay Baldridge; great-grandsons Matthew Christian Alexander Baldridge & Leighton Charles Baldridge; a special aunt Dorris Maxwell; and one of "her other boys" Steven VanMeter.

She is survived by her sons: Christopher and wife, Tonya of the home; Greg and wife, Diane of Tulsa; Damon and wife, Lisa of Sapulpa; and Tom Rolfe of Tulsa; grandchildren: Tonukkah Baldridge of Fort Meade, MD; Joshua Baldridge and wife, Sarah of Florissant, MO; Padon Baldridge and Alonee Jones of the home; Dakota, Dylan, and Harley Rose of Tulsa, OK; and Lance and wife, Lisa Dearrington of Bristow, OK; great-grandchildren: Anikah Baldridge of Shelbytownship, MI; Lucaya, Nicollette Baldridge and JaReez Felder of Fort Meade, MD; Alexis and Aiden Baldridge of Florissant, MO; and Paige Dearrington of Bristow, OK. She is also survived by a sister, Mary Ann Rogers and 2 nieces, Ginger and Heather Rogers of Plano, TX; as well as special friends Pat and Eddy Davis, of Tulsa, OK; and her "other boys" John Phelps, David Evans, and Wayne Fowler, in whom she and Lee Roy invested much of their life and love.

Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Monday, September 7, 2020 at Moore's Southlawn, 9350 E. 51, Tulsa, OK. Graveside services will be 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Ft. Gibson National Cemetery, Ft. Gibson, OK. Moore's Southlawn 918-663-2233