Rev. Louis Ralph Riddle

Rev. Louis Ralph Riddle, 75, of Hazel Green, Alabama, died Monday April 13, 2009.

Born March 1, 1934, he was a native of Huntsville, Alabama. He graduated from Butler High School in 1954 and obtained a degree from Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. He was a Southern Baptist minister for 47 years.

Rev. Riddle is survived by his wife of 52 years, Mary Mable Gibson Riddle; his three children, C.R. Riddle and wife Elaina of Cabool, Missouri, Jeff Riddle and wife Joanie of Huntsville, and Regina Clonts and husband Jeff of Huntsville; his grandchildren, Kimberly and Derek Riddle, John Michael, and Mary-Catherine and Morgan Clonts; and one great-grandchild, Jordan Morris.

Services were held Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Hazel Green Funeral Home with Revs. Jeff Clonts and Don Shultz officiating. Burial was in Taylor Cemetery, New Market, Alabama.