Sudie Gilmore Crocker Ridgeway, age 85, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2008 at her home in Coffeeville, MS. She was born in Coffeeville, MS to the late Lon and Hester Lee Nelson Gilmore on January 16, 1923. She was a homemaker and was a member of New Life Fellowship in Oakland, MS.
The visitation will begin at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at her home at 2427 CR 226, Coffeeville, MS in the Crockerville community. Services will take place Thursday, July 31, 2008 at New Life Fellowship in Oakland, MS at 2:00 p.m. with Bro. Jerry Smith and Bro. Billy Nelson officiating. Burial will follow at Salem Cemetery in Water Valley, MS with Chris Schroyer, Curtis Camp, Jody Sanders, Rex Smith, Neil Crocker, Jr., Bubba Jaco, and Burt Sanders serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Theressa Holland, Jada Jaco, and Patsy Schroyer. Seven Oaks Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
She is survived by two daughters, Patsy Sanders of Enid, MS and Nell Camp of Coffeeville, MS; one son, Sinclair Neal Crocker of Coffeeville, MS; one sister, Frances Ables of Byhalia, MS; her ex-husband, Doyle C. Ridgeway; and seven grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis E. Crocker; four sisters, Minerva Sanders, Molly Crocker, Dolly Pipkins, and Louise Gilmore; three brothers, Sam Gilmore, Thomas Gilmore, and Archie “Buddy Boy” Gilmore; and a granddaughter she loved so well, Susan Camp Smith.