Emily Eva Reynolds Ridgway, 86, of Eatonton, GA passed away peacefully at Ogeechee Area Hospice on October 16, 2023. She was the daughter of Thurmond Reynolds and Eva Glenn.
She was also preceded in death by her brothers Madison Reynolds and Marcus Reynolds.
Emily Ridgway is survived by her three children Hugh Davis Ridgway III (Sara Ann) of Statesboro, Georgia, William Madison Ridgway of Eatonton, Georgia, and Emily Pamela Ridgway of Wayne, Pennsylvania.
Other surviving relatives include her four grandchildren, William Chad Ridgway, Sara Emily Ridgway-Jones, Kaitlynn Standford, and Brooks Williams along with six great-grandchildren and three nephews, three nieces, and their families.
Emily Ridgway was born in Cross City, Florida on August 27, 1937, and was raised in Tampa, Florida and Pineview, Georgia where she graduated from Pineview High School and later attended Mercer University where she met and married Hugh Davis Ridgway, Jr. Upon her husband entering the United States Navy, Emily and her young family were stationed in Japan and Hawaii.
After discharge from the Navy, the family returned to Eatonton, Georgia. Emily raised her three children and worked as an administrative assistant at the First United Methodist Church and Dairyman, Inc. She later served as the Human Resource Director at Haband, Inc. until her retirement in 2006.
Memorial Services were held on Friday, October 20, 2023, at First United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. The family received friends from 2 to 3 p.m. with service immediately following at the church.
Interment was at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Pineview, Georgia on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 1:00 p.m.
Instead of flowers, the family requests gifts be made to Ogeechee Area Hospice, Post Office Box 531, Statesboro, Georgia 30459