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Rodney Ridgeway Obituary

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at the W.T. Wilson

Chapel for Rodney Ridgeway, age 76, of Fyffe, who passed away on Saturday, August 2,

2025. Burial will be at Kirk Memorial Cemetery. Officiating is Bro. Jason Lee.

Mr. Ridgeway was preceded in death by his parents, Shine and Delenda Ridgeway and Brother, Danny

Ridgeway; grandparents, Glover and Maude Ridgeway and Monroe and Pearl Heard.

He is survived by his daughter, Staci (Gerald) Shankles; son, Scott Ridgeway; brothers Rickey (Sharen) Ridgeway; grandchildren, Cole Johnson, Carli Johnson,

Carter Ridgeway (Taylie), Halle Ridgeway, Colby Shankles (Savannah), Brett Shankles,

Wylie Rodriquez and Will Ridgeway; great grandchildren, Allison Cate Ridgeway, Baby

Ridgeway and Levi Reece Shankles.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, August 5, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

at W.T. Wilson Funeral Home.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Post and Courier - Greenville on Aug. 3, 2025.

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10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

W.T Wilson Funeral Chapel

2226 Main St. Shiloh, Rainsville, AL 35986

Aug

5

Funeral service

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

W.T Wilson Funeral Chapel

2226 Main St. Shiloh, Rainsville, AL 35986

Aug

5

Graveside service

4:00 p.m.

Kirk Memorial Gardens

2687 East Main Street, Powell, AL 35986

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W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel - Rainsville

2226 Main St. Shiloh, Rainsville, AL 35986

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