Roy Douglas Riddle passed away at Bethany House on Dec. 2, 2011. Riddle was born in Lee County on Oct. 20, 1921, to Ethel (Belvin) and Sidney Riddle. He lived in Lee County his entire life where he attended and graduated from Beauregard High School.

A funeral service was held on Dec. 4, 2011, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel at Fredericks Funeral Home. Reverend Durwood Knowles officiated. Interment followed the service in Garden Hills Cemetery.

Visitation was held prior to the service at Fredericks Funeral Home from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour.

Riddle attended Morris Chapel Methodist Church for many of his adult years. He served in the United States Army during WWII and was stationed in the South Pacific. He returned from the military and immediately went to work with what he called, ‘the creamery’, better known as Meadow Gold Dairies, he remained employed there for 20 years.