Edith Marie Nelson Riddle, 82, of Tifton passed away Friday. February 14, 2003, at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. Her funeral service was held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 16, 2003, at Tifton's First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Willie Beasley officiating. Mrs. Riddle was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Mrs. Riddle's grandsons served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were the former directors of the Bank of Tifton and the C&S Bank of Tifton.
Born July 2, 1920, in Memphis, Texas, Mrs. Riddle was the daughter of the late Joseph T. Nelson and Bessie Ewing Nelson. She was also preceded in death by her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Kate and Dave Riddle and several brothers and sisters. She was a homemaker; and she was a member of Tifton's First United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Riddle is survived by her husband, Ernest Joe Riddle of Tifton, who she married on January 17, 1946, in Amarillo, Texas; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Tom and Julia Riddle and Dave Riddle, all of Tifton; three daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Hugh Gordon and Sarah and Fred Powell, all of Tifton and Judy Elaine and Warren Fletcher of George Town, Florida; one sister, Loriane Webster of Amarillo, Texas; her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Woody O'Neal, Deana O'Neal, Madeline O'Neal, Joe O'Neal, Jennifer O'Neal, Maggie Joe O'Neal, Jimmy Fletcher, Cassie Fletcher, Caleb Fletcher, Jillian Fletcher, Amanda Fletcher, Michael Fletcher, Kristen Fletcher, Chase Fletcher, Aiden Fletcher, Mary Beth Marks, Skip Marks, Michaela Marks, Delaney Jo Marks, Hardy Gordon, Adam Gordon, Luke Gordon, John Paul Petsch, Brian Petsch, Rick Powell, Joe Riddle, Daniel Riddle, Tyler Riddle, Chase riddle, Kate Marie Riddle and Hampton Riddle; and several loving nieces and nephews.