Harry M. Ridgeway Jr., 74, a native of Montgomery and a resident of William F. Green State Veterans Home in Bay Minette, died on Saturday, May 8, 2010.
After serving 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, and serving in the Korean Conflict, he was employed as a Chicago police officer for the next 17 years. Coming back to the South, he ran the Southern Trail Barbecue restaurant in Montgomery.
Survivors include his church family at Healing Waters Church in Bay Minette and a host of friends and his family at William F. Green.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 13 at the William F. Green State Veterans Home, 300 Faulkner Drive, Bay Minette with Pastor Richard Daniels officiating. Graveside services with military honors will be held at 1:15 p.m. on Monday, May 17 at Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla. He will be escorted to the cemetery by the Patriot Guard Riders who will also act as pallbearers.
The family requests memorial donations be made to William F. Green.
Arrangements are by Hughes Cremation & Funeral Service, Daphne. Online condolences may be made at hughesfuneralservice.com.
