Rosia Lee Ridge

Our beautiful Mamma (Mam-ma), Rosia Lee Ridge, was born in Richland, Texas on June 30, 1928, to parents Obie Darr and Lillie Mae Crook. On Sunday morning, April 20, 2025, Easter Sunday, at the age of 96, she went to be with Jesus. She was preceded in death by her parents, by the love of her life, Edward Edell Ridge, by her grandson, Steven Morgan, and her siblings, Hazel Grace, Joyce Lewis, Jo Ann Armstrong, and James Crook.
Left to cherish her memory and to one day be reunited with her in heaven:
Daughter and Son-In-Law, Bettie Lou and Wayne Morgan of Madisonville, and Son and Daughter-in-Law, Edward (Bub) and Linda Ridge of Fairfield. Granddaughter, Judy and Mike Haggard of Longview, Grandsons, Pete and Paige Ridge of Lindale, Michael Ridge and Kamryn of Lindale, Jeff and Diana Morgan of Iola. Ten Great Grandchildren, Curtis and Callie Haggard of Carthage, NC, Caston Haggard and Ashley of Lindale, Caylor and Rachel Haggard of Hallsville, Justin Morgan and Macey of Buffalo, Kale and Lauren Ridge of Ft Worth, Baylei and Spencer Quinlan of Montgomery, Austin Ridge of Denton, Kanyon Ridge of Lindale, Addison Ridge of Lindale, Tanner Morgan of Iola. Twelve Great -Great Grandchildren: Jackson Haggard, Lane Haggard, Luke Haggard, Judson Haggard, Addison Bradshaw, Brinkley Haggard, Ruston Haggard, Jynson Haggard, Sophie Haggard, PK Haggard, Jaxtyn Morgan, and Kyler Morgan. Special nieces and nephews, Sandra Crook, Darlene Elias, Rickey Ridge, Clyde Ridge, and Gary Wayne Crook and several other great nieces and nephews. Special nurses, Michelle Griffin, Diana Smith, Larissa, Tina, and all staff at Fairview Health Care.
Services will be held on Saturday, April 26 with visitation at 10am and service at 11 at Griffin Roughton Funeral Home in Fairfield with her son, Pastor Ed Ridge, and her grandson, Pastor Jeff Morgan, conducting services. Burial will follow at Lake Chapel Cemetery, Fairfield. Family lunch will be at Streetman First Baptist Church.
Pallbearers will be Pete Ridge, Michael Ridge, Mike Haggard, Caston Haggard, Caylor Haggard, Justin Morgan, Ricky Ridge, and Clyde Ridge. Honorary Pallbearers will be: Great grandsons, Curtis Haggard, Kale Ridge, Austin Ridge, Kanyon Ridge, Tanner Morgan, and special nephews, Gary Wayne Crook, and Obie Dewayne Crook.
When God chose Mamma to be the wife of our Papa for sixty-nine and a half years, Mama/Mother to Bettie Lou and Bub, Mamma to her 5 grandkids, 10 great grandkids, and 12 great-great grandkids, Aunt Rosie to all her nieces and nephews, and "Rosia Lee" to all her friends, He certainly blessed us with the very best! Mamma was so loved and adored by all of us, and we always knew how much she loved each one of us. She was so proud of her family!
Mamma was an excellent cook, and we never left her house hungry. Whether she was cooking a pot of beans or peas and cornbread, fried taters and onions in her iron skillet, meatloaf, porcupine meatballs, spinach and eggs, frying squash or okra from her garden, liver and onions for Bub, potato salad, banana pudding, her famous chocolate pies, pecan pies with the pecans chopped so fine for Papa, cherry cream cheese pies, and so many more delicious things, there was always great food and visiting around her table. These are memories our family will cherish forever.
Many years raising her kids were spent at church and helping in any way she was needed. Mamma had a quiet sweet spirit and always had a servant's heart. Retiring from the Wortham Nursing Home after working there over 20 years as a CNA, she taught us strong work ethic, and how proud she was to take care of the elderly. She loved her patients and co- workers and went the extra mile to make sure they were taken care of. She was such an example to all of us. Her love for Jesus could be seen in her daily walk and through her prayers. She was a prayer warrior, and if you're at her services or reading her obituary online, it's a pretty good chance, she prayed for you too!
Speaking for the family, we can say we were spoiled by our Mamma. There wasn't anything she wouldn't do for us if she had the means to do it. We had so much fun with her, and she always made each of us feel loved and to know we were special to her. Her hugs and smiles she gave us and all the great times we spent with her whether eating at her house or eating out at Sam's, the Farm House, or Ponte's, (some of her favorite places for us to take her), going on fun outings with her, riding around with her and Papa, the trips taken, the forty-two games played, the Bible stories read to us, the music we listened to with her and the television shows we watched with her, the Monday Night Football games watched with her and Papa...all these special times with her we will carry in our hearts for always. For all the love she gave each of us, for all the memories we will always cherish, we are so thankful to the Lord for her life and blessing the world with her presence for 96 years. It's not goodbye, it's we'll see her again one day and look forward to spending eternity with her.