Timothy Alan Riddle

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Timothy Alan "Tim" Riddle, 62, died unexpectedly Friday, April 28, 2023, in Kansas City, Missouri while on a business trip for the County of Volusia, Florida where he served as the Ocean Center Director.
Graveside services will be conducted Monday, May 8, 2023, at 2:30 P.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens with Steve Lusk, Mitch Holman, and David Farris officiating. The family will visit with friends Monday May 8, 2023, from 12:00 noon until 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Condolences may be extended online at oakesandnichols.com. Memorials may be made to Hush Puppy Haven at hushpuppyhaven.org. It's a nonprofit and it sponsors the Pet Meals on Wheels program with the Council of Aging of Volusia County, providing food each month to feed the pets of local seniors.
He was born March 26, 1961, in Maury County to the late Charles Riddle and the late Frances Parks Riddle. He graduated from Columbia Central High School in 1979 and went on and attended Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, TN where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. He began his CPA career as an auditor for Arthur Anderson. Then went on to work at the Chattanooga Convention Center where he worked his way up to Director. At the end of 2010, he took a new position as Director of the Cave City Convention Center. In 2012, he took a position as Director at the Rainwater Conference Center in Valdosta, GA from 2012-2017. In 2017, he took a Deputy Director position at the County of Volusia at the Ocean's Center and became Director shortly afterwards.
Survivors include his wife Lisa Locke Riddle that he married on August 18, 1984, of Ormond Beach, Florida; two children, Casey Riddle of Anderson, South Carolina and Cody Riddle of Russellville, Kentucky; a brother, Roger Riddle (Connie) of Columbia; sister, Delilah Riddle Andrews Harris (Johnny) of Columbia; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Charles Brian Riddle.