Obituary of Walter Ridgell, Saline Co, AR

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Submitted by: Darcy Stonesifer
        Date: October 2006
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Walter Barham Ridgell, 89, of Little Rock died Thursday, Sept. 14, 2006.

He was born Nov. 14, 1916, in Prescott to Walter Ridgell and Sallie Barham
Ridgell.

Mr. Ridgell enjoyed woodworking, gardening, hunting and fishing. He was a
cabinet maker for Mechanics Lumber and worked for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. He was a Mason and an ordained deacon at Indian Springs Baptist
Church. He was a Navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife of 66 years, Marie Stuart Ridgell; three children,
Mary Stanton and husband Ted of Alexander, Sandra Kay Sipes and husband Mike of
Alexander and Bob Ridgell and wife Ann of Oologah, Okla.; 12 grandchildren,
Mark, Alisa, and Eric Stanton, Kevin Ridgell, Krista Crenshaw, Scott and Michael
Shearer, Melissa Halley, Lynn Melikian and Karen and Michael Sipes; and 14
great-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Indian Springs Baptist Church
with the Revs. Tom Williams and R.D. Harrington officiating. Burial will be in
Pinecrest Memorial Park in Alexander. Pallbearers will be Mark Stanton, Scott
Shearer, Kevin Ridgell, Michael Shearer, Bruce Crenshaw, Baker Halley and Tom
Smart. Honorary pallbearers will be Eric Stanton, Michael Sipes, Tommy Young and
members of the Senior Adult Men's Bible Class.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Griffin Leggett Healey and Roth
Funeral Home in Little Rock.

Memorials may be made to Indian Springs Baptist Church Building Fund, 705 Lora
Drive, Bryant, AR 72022 or Baptist Spanish Publishing House, P.O. Box 4255, El
Paso, TX 79914.