Dougherty-Coffee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pridgen, Ruth Hill December 27, 2005
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The Albany Herald - January 3, 2006
Ruth Hill Pridgen

  DOUGLAS  —  Ruth  Hill Pridgen, 90, of Preston, GA,passed  away  on  Tuesday,
December 27, 2005, in Richland,after an extended illness. Mrs. Pridgen,  a  
native  of  Coffee County,    GA, was    born September 9, 1915, daughter of
the late Jonathan F. and Mary Ellen Wooten  Hill. She was a homemaker and the 
widow of Oscar Pridgen Sr. Her church membership was at the Pridgen Baptist 
Church.

Survivors include her two sons and daughter-in-law,W.L.
Pridgen of Preston, and Oscar Pridgen Jr. and wife, Jessie of Douglas; a 
daughter, Jacqueline Vickers of Douglas; grandchildren, Lenora Pridgen, Shane
Pridgen,   Charlotte   Mallard,Pamela Smith, William Vickers
and Wade Vickers; and five great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Friday, December 31,2005, at the Pridgen Baptist 
Church, with the Rev. Jimmy Hollis and the Rev. George Carroll Paulk 
officiating. Wayne Fales, soloist sang,"Old Rugged Cross" and "Go Rest High On 
That Mountain"; also,  the  congregation  sang "Amazing Grace" with Dawn
Tarrant, pianist. Burial followed in the Pridgen Church Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Dean Arnett, Gene Arnett, John Meeks, Tim Meeks, Josh 
Russ, and Charles Jones. Honorary pallbearers were Arils Burch, Leon Burch,
Harold Findley, Bennie Dockery, Frank Pridgen, Vernie Knight, J.M. Pridgen, 
Terry Thurman, Frank Veasey, Rex Batten Jr., Dennie Wills and GregYates.

Sims Funeral Home
Douglas 912/384-1234


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