Jackson-Natchitoches-Bienville County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Riddle, Ben Edward January 5, 1965
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The Shreveport Journal; January 8, 1965
BEN E. RIDDLE SUCCUMBS AT 80

Special to the Times

JONESBORO - Ben Edward Riddle, 80, of Jonesboro died early today in a local 
hospital after a lengthy illness.  
  Funeral rites will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Jonesboro Methodist Church 
with Rev. E. L. Tatum officiating.  Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery under 
directions of Edmonds Funeral Home.  Graveside Masonic rites will be held.
  Mr. Riddle was a retired farmer and member of Jonesboro Methodist Church.  
He was also a member of the Jonesboro Lodge. 
  Survivors include his widow, one son, Earl Riddle of Shreveport; three 
daughters, Mrs. Grace Mathews and LaDell Poindexter of West Monroe and 
Christine Blackstock of Ruston; one sister, Edna Wooley of Saline; 11 
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.



Additional Comments:
Ben Riddle was born to Bennett Smith Riddle and Mary Elizabeth Martin Riddle 
on October 8, 1884.  They moved to Bienville parish where Ben as a young man 
became a postman who delivered the mail on horseback.  He met Bessie Mitchell 
and they married in 1906.  They then moved to Readhiemer in Natchitoches 
parish before finally settling in Jonesboro in their later years. His son, 
Robert Vester Riddle preceded him in death in 1953.

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