Dougherty-Coffee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pridgen, Ruth Hill December 27, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Yeager http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005545 and Freddie Page March 26, 2007, 10:18 am 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 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb