Riddle, Mary E.
b. Sep 11, 1850
d. Sep 19, 1940
The Bienville Democrat.
Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
September 26, 1940
Page 6; Column 2
Former Saline Resident Dies at Age of 90.
Saline. - Funeral services were held Friday in Saline for Mrs. Mary Riddle, 90-year old former resident of this town, who died Thursday at her daughter's home in Chestnut. The services were conducted by Conger Funeral home at the Old Mill Creek cemetery with Rev. Frank Moss of Calvin officiating.
Surviving Mrs. Riddle are four sons, W. L., D. T. [Frank] and B. E. of Saline, John of Vivian; and on daughter, Mrs. Edna [Wooley], Chestnut. Also surviving are 20 grandchildren, and one brother, Wash Martin of Coushatta.
Pallbearers were W. M. Hughes, M. C. Bishop, Louis Johnson, Felton Madden, Mack Steward and A. Moreland.
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Mary Martin Riddle was my mother's paternal grandmother. My mom has memories of Grandma Mary living with her daughter, Edna and son-in-law Morris in Chestnut. She'd get mad at them and walk the train tracks to her son's house (my grandfather, Ben Edward Riddle). He grew little Spanish peanuts and they dried them in the loft of their barn. He'd parch them in the fireplace and my mom said the kids would have to shell the peanuts for Mary, even though she didn't have teeth, she managed to eat a lot of peanuts. My mom's oldest brother, Vester "Brother" Riddle would keep Grandma Mary supplied with bananas (another favorite) and ice cream. My mom remembers being pulled out of school when Mary died. Her mother, Bessie, had made her and her sister new dresses for the funeral made of pongee, a new material that was pretty, shiny, but highly flammable. Her sister took the coal oil lamp to look for the dress hanging from the rope closet (literally a rope strung across a corner of a room) and somehow managed to set my mom's new dress on fire. Another memory of my mom's (who was 15 at the time) was hearing "How Great Thou Art" for the first time at Mary's funeral.
b. Sep 11, 1850
d. Sep 19, 1940
The Bienville Democrat.
Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
September 26, 1940
Page 6; Column 2
Former Saline Resident Dies at Age of 90.
Saline. - Funeral services were held Friday in Saline for Mrs. Mary Riddle, 90-year old former resident of this town, who died Thursday at her daughter's home in Chestnut. The services were conducted by Conger Funeral home at the Old Mill Creek cemetery with Rev. Frank Moss of Calvin officiating.
Surviving Mrs. Riddle are four sons, W. L., D. T. [Frank] and B. E. of Saline, John of Vivian; and on daughter, Mrs. Edna [Wooley], Chestnut. Also surviving are 20 grandchildren, and one brother, Wash Martin of Coushatta.
Pallbearers were W. M. Hughes, M. C. Bishop, Louis Johnson, Felton Madden, Mack Steward and A. Moreland.
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Mary Martin Riddle was my mother's paternal grandmother. My mom has memories of Grandma Mary living with her daughter, Edna and son-in-law Morris in Chestnut. She'd get mad at them and walk the train tracks to her son's house (my grandfather, Ben Edward Riddle). He grew little Spanish peanuts and they dried them in the loft of their barn. He'd parch them in the fireplace and my mom said the kids would have to shell the peanuts for Mary, even though she didn't have teeth, she managed to eat a lot of peanuts. My mom's oldest brother, Vester "Brother" Riddle would keep Grandma Mary supplied with bananas (another favorite) and ice cream. My mom remembers being pulled out of school when Mary died. Her mother, Bessie, had made her and her sister new dresses for the funeral made of pongee, a new material that was pretty, shiny, but highly flammable. Her sister took the coal oil lamp to look for the dress hanging from the rope closet (literally a rope strung across a corner of a room) and somehow managed to set my mom's new dress on fire. Another memory of my mom's (who was 15 at the time) was hearing "How Great Thou Art" for the first time at Mary's funeral.
Riddle, Mary E.
b. Sep 11, 1850
d. Sep 19, 1940
The Bienville Democrat.
Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
September 26, 1940
Page 6; Column 2
Former Saline Resident Dies at Age of 90.
Saline. - Funeral services were held Friday in Saline for Mrs. Mary Riddle, 90-year old former resident of this town, who died Thursday at her daughter's home in Chestnut. The services were conducted by Conger Funeral home at the Old Mill Creek cemetery with Rev. Frank Moss of Calvin officiating.
Surviving Mrs. Riddle are four sons, W. L., D. T. [Frank] and B. E. of Saline, John of Vivian; and on daughter, Mrs. Edna [Wooley], Chestnut. Also surviving are 20 grandchildren, and one brother, Wash Martin of Coushatta.
Pallbearers were W. M. Hughes, M. C. Bishop, Louis Johnson, Felton Madden, Mack Steward and A. Moreland.
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Mary Martin Riddle was my mother's paternal grandmother. My mom has memories of Grandma Mary living with her daughter, Edna and son-in-law Morris in Chestnut. She'd get mad at them and walk the train tracks to her son's house (my grandfather, Ben Edward Riddle). He grew little Spanish peanuts and they dried them in the loft of their barn. He'd parch them in the fireplace and my mom said the kids would have to shell the peanuts for Mary, even though she didn't have teeth, she managed to eat a lot of peanuts. My mom's oldest brother, Vester "Brother" Riddle would keep Grandma Mary supplied with bananas (another favorite) and ice cream. My mom remembers being pulled out of school when Mary died. Her mother, Bessie, had made her and her sister new dresses for the funeral made of pongee, a new material that was pretty, shiny, but highly flammable. Her sister took the coal oil lamp to look for the dress hanging from the rope closet (literally a rope strung across a corner of a room) and somehow managed to set my mom's new dress on fire. Another memory of my mom's (who was 15 at the time) was hearing "How Great Thou Art" for the first time at Mary's funeral.
b. Sep 11, 1850
d. Sep 19, 1940
The Bienville Democrat.
Arcadia, Bienville Parish, Louisiana
September 26, 1940
Page 6; Column 2
Former Saline Resident Dies at Age of 90.
Saline. - Funeral services were held Friday in Saline for Mrs. Mary Riddle, 90-year old former resident of this town, who died Thursday at her daughter's home in Chestnut. The services were conducted by Conger Funeral home at the Old Mill Creek cemetery with Rev. Frank Moss of Calvin officiating.
Surviving Mrs. Riddle are four sons, W. L., D. T. [Frank] and B. E. of Saline, John of Vivian; and on daughter, Mrs. Edna [Wooley], Chestnut. Also surviving are 20 grandchildren, and one brother, Wash Martin of Coushatta.
Pallbearers were W. M. Hughes, M. C. Bishop, Louis Johnson, Felton Madden, Mack Steward and A. Moreland.
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Mary Martin Riddle was my mother's paternal grandmother. My mom has memories of Grandma Mary living with her daughter, Edna and son-in-law Morris in Chestnut. She'd get mad at them and walk the train tracks to her son's house (my grandfather, Ben Edward Riddle). He grew little Spanish peanuts and they dried them in the loft of their barn. He'd parch them in the fireplace and my mom said the kids would have to shell the peanuts for Mary, even though she didn't have teeth, she managed to eat a lot of peanuts. My mom's oldest brother, Vester "Brother" Riddle would keep Grandma Mary supplied with bananas (another favorite) and ice cream. My mom remembers being pulled out of school when Mary died. Her mother, Bessie, had made her and her sister new dresses for the funeral made of pongee, a new material that was pretty, shiny, but highly flammable. Her sister took the coal oil lamp to look for the dress hanging from the rope closet (literally a rope strung across a corner of a room) and somehow managed to set my mom's new dress on fire. Another memory of my mom's (who was 15 at the time) was hearing "How Great Thou Art" for the first time at Mary's funeral.
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