Rosie Lee Ridgel

In Loving Memory of Rosie Lee Ridgel Home going services held Saturday, April 1, 2017 11:00 A.M. Tabernacle Missonary Church N. Trotter Street Dermott, AR Rev. Michael Wolf, Officiating Rosie Lee Ridgel, 77, was born March 9, 1940 in Portland, AR to Jack C. Ridgel Sr. and Frances Graves Ridgel. She was a member of the graduating class of 1957 at Tillis High School in Portland and retired from BJC Healthcare St Louis. Ms. Ridgel was a free spirit who ventured into many career fields. She went on to further her education and obtain a cosmetology license in St. Louis and later started working in 2007 in the housekeeping and facilities department at BJC. Upon retirement, she returned to her roots in Arkansas. Ms. Ridgel passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2017, from cancer at Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Pine Bluff, AR. Rosie Lee had a heart of gold and would gladly give the shirt off her back to a deserving stranger. She was funny, quick-witted, and charming; yet brutally honest. Rarely in this world can you find a person who could make you laugh and cry in just one sentence. Ms. Rosie Lee was preceded in death by her parents and four siblings. She leaves two daughters, Kiwana (Kevin) Horton Jones and Linda Ridgel Harris of St Louis, Missouri. Also remaining are six siblings: John Ridgel of Illinois, Fred Ridgel of Winchester, Richard Ridgel (Mary) of Little Rock, Laura Hampton of Portland, Bernice Polite of Dermott and Juanita Ridgel of Dermot; two grandchildren: LaShonda, Lamar, Lamont, and Jazmine, and a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends whom she loved dearly. Ms. Ridgel was laid to rest at the Holly Grove Cemetery, Portland, Arkansas. Services entrusted to Dillard Funeral Home and staff, 210 S. Trotter Street, Dermott, AR Visitation to family and friends was held 10a-11a before the going home service on Saturday at Tabernacle Church.