NAME: MARY EDNA (WISE) RIDGWAY, AGE 90, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 7, 1911 AT MCKINNEY, TEXAS TO WILLIAM C. AND JOSEPHINE ADDIE MAE (MAULDER) WISE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY , AUGUST 25, 2001 AT ST. EDWARD MEDICAL CENTER, FT. SMITH, AR. AGE: 90 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CROWDER, OK.

MARRIED: DONNIE LEO RIDGWAY ON AUGUST 3, 1929 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: FARMER, RANCHER, HOUSEWIFE, AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: VIRGINIA CROWELL OF KIOWA, OK. DEE RIDGWAY AND WIFE MINNIE OF HARTFORD, AR. LAURA ABLES AND HUSBAND DAN OF CANEY, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: BARBARA TAYLOR AND HUSBAND EUGENE. DWAYNE CROWELL AND WIFE DARLENE. DIANA ELLIS. LORAINE JAMES AND HUSBAND TERRAL. DONNIE CROWELL AND WIFE JOY LYNN. BUTCH RIDGEWAY AND WIFE LANIE. BRUCE RIDGWAY AND WIFE BRENDA. GREGG RIDGWAY AND WIFE PAM. WAYNE RIDGWAY. KAREN WATSON. KATHY PHILLIPS AND HUSBAND DWAYNE. ANNETTE WHITLEY AND HUSBAND SLIM. MIKE ABLES AND WIFE RENEE. STEVE ABLES AND WIFE LEANN.

39 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS: BILL WISE AND WIFE LESSIE OF MCALESTER, OK. CHARLIE WISE AND WIFE WILMA OF FRIONA, TX.

SISTER: BEULAH MAE THOMPSON OF COOLIDGE, AZ.

DEAR FRIENDS: ANNIE LACKEY AND MARY.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: DONNIE LEO RIDGWAY ON NOVEMBER 14, 1971. PARENTS: WILLIAM C. AND JOSEPHINE ADDIE MAE WISE. SON: CLIFFORD RIDGWAY. GRANDDAUGHTER: PATSEY DEENECE ABLES. GRANDSON: DENNIS RAY ABLES. BROTHERS: PERRY, SAM, BUDDY, ALVIE, AND IRA WISE. SISTER: PEARLIE JASPER.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2001 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE..

INTERMENT: COLEMAN CEMETERY IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) DWAYNE CROWELL, DONNIE CROWELL, BUTCH RIDGWAY, BRUCE RIDGWAY, GREGG RIDGWAY, WAYNE RIDGWAY, MIKE ABLES, STEVE ABLES.