Glenn Max Bloodworth, 89, passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023. He was born in York County, South Carolina, to the late Glenn Memory Bloodworth and Mary Emily Dendy Bloodworth. He retired as the Chief Radio Engineer for the North Carolina Highway Patrol. He was active in amateur radio and held an Amateur Extra ticket. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife of over 50 years, Ruth Bloodworth (KE4DRI), and his sister, Mary Hodge. He is survived by his children, Linda Bloodworth and Michael Bloodworth (Valerie); sister, Etta Marie Presley; grandsons, William Bloodworth and Bryan Bloodworth (Beth); and great-grandson, Blake Bloodworth. He did not want a service.

Max and Ruth were long-time members of the DFMA until he moved to Archer Lodge (south of Wendell in northern Johnston County). They and their daughter Linda were regular meeting attendees. Max was particularly active in encouraging antenna-building projects. I still have a J-pole antenna that I received at one of my first DFMA meetings. Over the years he did several programs and also wrote a series of articles on amateur radio antennas for The Link. (You’ll find reprints of most of these in recent editions of The Link.) He even built his own screwdriver antenna for mobile HF use from scratch.

In later years I sometimes saw him at JARSfest in Benson. There I bought several of his cleverly designed J-pole antennas made with stainless steel whips and parts of power strips as spacers. One of these is still on the bumper of Lenore’s (KF4PAB) old van. The other is sitting behind me right now as my indoor VHF/UHF antenna. Max was a very interesting person to talk to and very knowledgeable. He has been missed by the DFMA for some time and, I’m sure, by others lucky enough to get to know him.

Portions of this article were taken from or based on the website of Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, 211 W. Third St., Wendell, NC.

73,
Dee, KU4GC
March 5, 2023