BENTON, LA – Services to celebrate the home going of Mrs. Nellie Riddle, 93, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home officiated by Bro. Tommy Patton of Cypress Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Hill Crest Memorial Park. The family will receive guests on Tuesday evening between the hours of 6-8p.m. at the funeral home.
Nellie was born on September 6, 1919, in Ringgold, Louisiana and passed away on March 3, 2013, in Benton, Louisiana, surrounded by family.
Nellie was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Newton Riddle; daughter, Carol Carlton; son, James Riddle; parents, James L. and Etta Simmons; brothers, Sam Simmons and K.C. Simmons; sisters, Lorena Withers, Tincie Gay, Mae Smith and Odessa Dean; and grandson, Martin Montgomery. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Pam Keener and husband, Carl; grandchildren, Sharon French, Gary Keener and wife, Belinda, Melissa Hall and husband, Ed, John Riddle and Jami Riddle; thirteen great-grandchildren, thirteen great-great-grandchildren; and many loving nieces and nephews.
Honoring Mrs. Riddle as pallbearers are great-grandsons, Casey French, Jeremy Keener and Jake Keener and great-grandsons-in-law, Darren DeVille, Mike Elledge and Gary Odens.
You may offer condolences and sign the on-line guest book by visiting www.hillcrestmemorialfh.com.
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