NAME: CHARLES RAY RIDLEY, AGE 81, A LIFE TIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 4, 1926 IN CLARITA, OK TO MARION LUTHER AND WINNIE LOU ( FORGEY) RIDLEY. PASSED AWAY: RAY PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 30, 2007 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 81 YEARS 2 MONTHS 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: RAY ATTENDED SCHOOL IN CLARITA, OK, GRADUATING IN 1944. MARRIED: MARGARET BRECHEEN ON JANUARY 10, 1949 IN ADA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RANCHER AS WELL AS HE OWNED THE MOBIL GAS STATION AND WAS IN THE OIL BUSINESS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: RAY WAS OF CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH. RAY SERVED IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WW II. HE WAS A LIFE TIME MEMBER OF THE V.F.W. POST 1198 AND A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARGARET RIDLEY OF THE HOME. DAUGHTERS: CAROL DENSON OF OLNEY, OK. KAY BATTLES AND HUSBAND DAVID OF OLNEY, OK. SON: GARY RIDLEY OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KENNETH RAY DENSON, KYLE DENSON, JIM BATTLES, JOE BATTLES, LUCAS RAY RIDLEY, AND LACY EDWARDS. 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN SISTER-IN-LAW: ZELDA RIDLEY OF COALGATE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MARION LUTHER AND WINNIE LOU RIDLEY SISTER: MILDRED RIDLEY BROTHER: RALPH RIDLEY SON-IN-LAW: HERSHEL DENSON.

DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: MR. LLOYD MCELHANEY INTERMENT: .MOORE CEMETERY ~ CLARITA, OK. CASKETBEARERS: ZANE BRECHEEN, DANE BRECHEEN, MIKE HEFLEY, TIM HEFLEY, MAXIE MOBBS, HOWARD ABLES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHN WAYNE WARD, THURMAN, GUINN, DOYLE NELSON, NICK BEAL. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY, 6-8 P.M.