NAME: ROBERT LEE RIDGWAY, AGE 62, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CANEY, OK. BORN: AUGUST 31, 1933 AT CANEY, OK TO ROBERT JAMES AUSTIN AND REBECCA ANNE (ROBINSON) RIDGWAY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 62 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CANEY, OK. MARRIED: WANDA LEE NUTTALL ON JUNE 14, 1952 AT ATOKA. DORIS MCBRIDE ON MARCH 29, 1982 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS IN THE OILFIELDS AND FOR THE FISH & GAME DEPT. HE OWNED AND OPERATED RIDGWAY GROCERY FOR 15 YEARS, ALSO WORKED FOR THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AS MAJOR AND CHIEF OF SECURITY (A FEW MONTHS AT MCALESTER, THEN MCLEOD, THEN TRANSFERRED TO STRINGTOWN). CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIZED AT FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN CANEY AND LATER ATTENDED VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH. HE RACED HORSES FOR 15 YEARS AND WAS PROUD TO WIN THE FIRST CONSOLATION OF HOPES AND DREAMS FUTURITY IN 1993 WITH HIS HORSE ROSES FOR RAE. HIS HORSE WHEN PIGS FLY MADE THE FINALS IN THE 1994 HOPES AND DREAMS FUTURITY. HE LOVED HIS FARM AND LOVED TO GARDEN (ALWAYS COMPETING WITH BROTHER, M. C., ON WHO GREW THE BEST). SURVIVED BY WIFE: DORIS RIDGWAY OF THE HOME IN CANEY, OK. SONS: GLENN RIDGWAY AND WIFE KATHY OF TAFT, CA. MARLON RIDGWAY AND WIFE LISA OF CANEY, OK. STEPSON: BRETT DOYLE AND WIFE RANAE OF COMANCHE, OK. STEPDAUGHTERS: DONNA WILLIS AND HUSBAND EDDIE OF CANEY, OK. BRENDA RIDGWAY AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF CANEY, OK. TERESA LASSITER AND HUSBAND DAVID OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: M. C. RIDGWAY AND WIFE LENORA OF CANEY, OK. ROY DEAN RIDGWAY OF MEAD, OK. SISTERS: JUANITA WHITE OF STAFFORD, MO. JOY HOYLE AND HUSBAND DON OF KINDLEVILLE, IN. BOBBIE JO MCCAIN OF BIG SPRING, TX. ALMEDA MCCORMICK AND HUSBAND DEE OF FARMERS BRANCH, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: CODY, TISHA, JIM BOB, AND AMERY. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: MAKAYLIN RIDGWAY. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: KEVIN, BRINA. KASEY, BRETTNEY, COBY, EDDIE LEE, BRETT CBY, JAMIE, AND MICHAEL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT AND REBECCA RIDGWAY. BROTHER: JACK RIDGWAY. SISTERS: LAURA GOSSETT AND PAULINE CLARK.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1996 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: JIM FARRIS, BILL MILLER, GERALD EAVES, HARRY FARRIS, JIM WORKMAN, J. DON FLINT, BILLY JOE HOWARD, DAVID BLACKBURN, MACK ALFORD, EDDIE WILLIS, J. R. HOBBIE, DAVID LASSITER, BRUCE RIDGWAY.