100 yrs old; widower of Chrissie Belle Cheatham Ridge; husband of Jeanne Frances Doaks Ridge; father of Raliegh Ridge, Katherine Carlton Ridge & Mary Thad Cedar Koons; son of John Michael & Bertha McCallister Ridge; brother of Winifred, Chritine, Mary Agnes, Lillian Alice & Anna Mae Ridge; grandfather of Clay Porter, Betsy Darby, Woodwyn Koons & Rowan Koons; veteran of WWII; stationed in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was attacked and was of the first to fire upon the Japanese; served in North Africa, Sicily, and the Battle of Monte Cassino; rose to the rank of Major; after the war he continued to serve in the National Guard & U. S. Army Reserves from which he retired as a Colonel; deputy director of the FHA and real estate appraiser
100 yrs old; widower of Chrissie Belle Cheatham Ridge; husband of Jeanne Frances Doaks Ridge; father of Raliegh Ridge, Katherine Carlton Ridge & Mary Thad Cedar Koons; son of John Michael & Bertha McCallister Ridge; brother of Winifred, Chritine, Mary Agnes, Lillian Alice & Anna Mae Ridge; grandfather of Clay Porter, Betsy Darby, Woodwyn Koons & Rowan Koons; veteran of WWII; stationed in Hawaii when Pearl Harbor was attacked and was of the first to fire upon the Japanese; served in North Africa, Sicily, and the Battle of Monte Cassino; rose to the rank of Major; after the war he continued to serve in the National Guard & U. S. Army Reserves from which he retired as a Colonel; deputy director of the FHA and real estate appraiser
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