Ella Mae Ridings

Female 1928 - 2009  (81 years)


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  1. 1.  Ella Mae Ridings was born on 1 Apr 1928 in Pulaski Co, KY; died on 30 Nov 2009 in Pulaski Co, KY; was buried in Pulaski Co, KY.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    cert 40-19819

    Died:
    Ella Grimsley

    obituaries
    Commonwealth Journal

    Ella Mae Ridings Grimsley, age 81 of Somerset, Ky., passed away on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 at Britthaven of Somerset.

    Born on April 1, 1928 in Pulaski County, Ky., she was the daughter of the late James E. and Patsy Elizabeth Bullock Ridings. She was a homemaker and member of the Ansel Baptist Church. Mrs. Grimsley loved flower gardening, sewing, her family and friends. She considered the staff of Britthaven of Somerset her second family. Mrs. Grimsley was a loving mother and grandmother.

    Mrs. Grimsley is survived by three sons, Charles Robert (and Lana) Grimsley of Tateville, Ky., Gary Wayne (and Lynn) Grimsley of Somerset, and Bruce Allen Grimsley of Dallas, Texas; three daughters, Patsy (and Stanley) Wesley of Somerset, Rita Faye (and Rick) Gilreath of St. Louis, Mo., and Shirley Ann (and David) Hughes of Bronston, Ky.; four sisters, Barbara Ann (and Dewey) Sneed of Bardstown, Ky., Joyce Dean Jones of Somerset, Helen Louise (and Dee) Haste of Bardstown, Ky., and Mary Katherine Britt of Fla.; 17 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

    Preceding her in death were her parents, James E. and Patsy Elizabeth Bullock Ridings; husband, John William Grimsley, whom she married on April 20, 1944 in LaFayette, Ga.; two sons, Frankie Jackson Grimsley and John Dean Grimsley; a brother, James Edward Ridings; and two sisters, Betty Jean Cox and Peggy Jo Hughes

    Visitation for Mrs. Grimsley will be Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset.

    Funeral service will be held 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3 at the chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Bro. Lin Wethington officiating. Burial will be in the Somerset Cemetery.

    The family requests expressions of sympathy be made to Hospice of Lake Cumberland, 100 Parkway Drive, Somerset, Ky. 42503.

    Arrangements for Ella Mae Ridings Grimsley are entrusted to Lake Cumberland Funeral Home.

    Buried:
    GRid=45039428

    Ella married John William Grimsley on 20 Apr 1944 in LaFayette, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles Robert Grimsley  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Gary Wayne Grimsley  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. Bruce Allen Grimsley  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 5. Patsy Grimsley  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 6. Rita Faye Grimsley  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 7. Shirley Ann Grimsley  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Robert Grimsley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ella1)

  2. 3.  Gary Wayne Grimsley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ella1)

  3. 4.  Bruce Allen Grimsley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ella1)

  4. 5.  Patsy Grimsley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ella1)

  5. 6.  Rita Faye Grimsley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ella1)

  6. 7.  Shirley Ann Grimsley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ella1)




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