Hubert Woodson Ridgway Jr.

Hubert Woodson "Woody" Ridgway Jr. age 70, of West Liberty, Ohio passed away peacefully Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Born March 21, 1949, in Owensboro, Kentucky he was the first child of the late Hubert Woodson Ridgway Sr. and Macie Elizabeth (Loyd) Ridgway Wells.

A 1967 graduate of Daviess County High School, he trained in pharmacy at the University of Kentucky. Over a more than forty year career he was either the manager of pharmacies in both Kentucky and Ohio, or the pharmacist in charge.

Woody was first married to Marilyn Sue Gough with whom he had two children, Brent (Jenn) and Jennifer (Rusty) McCracken. In 1987, he married Melinda Grace Kaufman in Springfield, Ohio and they had one son, George Spencer. He is survived by his wife; three children; four grandchildren, Mallorie, Nicolette, Camden, and Carter; a sister, Susan (Dr. Tony) DeThomas and their daughter Dawn (Franz) Kirchner, all of Ohio; his uncle and aunt, Ralph E. and Anna Murl Loyd of Kentucky, and their two sons Dr. Gary and Harold Loyd and families.  He was preceded in death by his parents; his aunt, Julia May Ridgway Ware and her son, Joe Ellis Ware and his in-laws, Georgia B. Shawver Kaufman and Benjamin H. Kaufman Jr.

Woody was a member of the Grace Chapel Church in West Liberty and loved his family, Bible study friends, motorcycles, classic cars, OSU football, old movies and TV shows.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, February 21, 2020 at the Grace Chapel Church in West Liberty, where Pastor Doug Thompson will officiate the funeral service beginning at 11:00 a.m.

The family will also receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. CST Sunday, February 23, 2020 at the James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory in Owensboro, Kentucky.

A private graveside service will be held at the Green Brier Baptist Church Cemetery in Utica, Kentucky at the convenience of the family.

The arrangements are in the care of the staff of the Eichholtz Daring & Sanford Funeral Home in West Liberty.

D.S.