HENDERSON, Tenn. -- Charles Ronald Ridings, 68, formerly of Advance, Missouri, died recently at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Humboldt, Tennessee, after a long struggle with cancer.
Ridings was a graduate of Delta High School and Southeast Missouri State University. He lived many years in Memphis, Tennessee, and was an environmental health and safety manager for a company there.
He leaves his wife of 41 years, Margaret Ridings; a daughter, Rachel Ridings Horton; and two grandchildren.
He was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War and will be interred at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson is in charge of arrangements.
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