Judge Billy Ray Ridenour^[1]

1927 - 2008  (80 years)

• Name	Billy Ray Ridenour
  Prefix	Judge
  Born	19 Mar 1927	Knox County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Feb 2008  [2]
  Buried	3 Mar 2008	Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park
  Person ID	I69883	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2008

  
  

  Father	Lewis Luther Ridenour,   b. 29 Apr 1877, Anderson County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Apr 1965, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Elphia "Lela" Lane,   b. 7 Mar 1890, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Oct 1982  (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F26108	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Edna Ruth Thurman
  Married	1 Aug 1990	Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Allen Eugene Ridenour,   b. 31 Oct 1955, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 69 years)   2. Susan Ridenour   3. Pamela Ridenour   4. Billie Ridenour
  Family ID	F26114	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Juanita Jacobs
  Children	+ 1. Carla Jeanne Ridenour,   b. Abt 1951,   d. 27 Dec 2004, Madisonville, Tennessee  (Age ~ 53 years) + 2. Peggy Ridenour   3. Charles E. Ridenour   4. Henry Ridenour
  Family ID	F88532	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Mar 1927 - Knox County, Tennessee Married - 1 Aug 1990 - Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S11] Ancestors are Forever, A Ridenour Collection from 893 to 1997 AD, Melvin Otho "Mo" Ridenour, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/e/i/James-A-Reitnauer/FILE/0001text.txt), 1004, 1 Jan 2000. [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 2 Mar 2008. RIDENOUR, JUDGE BILLY R. - age 79, of Sweetwater, passed away Friday, February 29th 2008. Judge Ridenour was elected as Mayor of Sweetwater in 1981 serving 18 yrs, the longest serving Mayor in Sweetwater's history. Sweetwater City attorney from 1960 to 1971. Delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention 1965/66. Practiced law in Sweetwater for 18 years. Retired Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration. 50 year member & Past Worshipful Master of Sweetwater Masonic Lodge 292 F&AM. Member & Past Noble Grand of Sweetwater Odd Fellows Lodge 280 since 1963. 32nd Degree Mason & Shriner. Past National Councilor for the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Former Kiwanian & Optimist member. President and Founder of the Citizens Industrial Committee in the 1960's and re-established this group while mayor. Past basketball coach at Sweetwater Junior High School. Member of the First Baptist Church, Sweetwater. Preceded in death by: parents, Lewis L. Ridenour & Elphia Lane Ridenour; daughter, Carla Isbill; brothers, Clyde Ridenour, J. Carson Ridenour, George Ridenour, Edward Ridenour, Robert Ridenour & C.C. Ridenour. Survivors: wife, Jaunita Jacobs Ridenour of Sweetwater; daughter & son-in-law, Peggy Ridenour Shaw & Norman Shaw of Knoxville; sons and daughter-in-law, Charles E. & Kathy Ridenour, Henry Ridenour all of Sweetwater; son-in-law, Danny Isbill of Madisonville; 8 grandchildren: Tracey Ridenour Prince, Katie Ridenour Hatfield, Michelle Branson, Jennifer Dawson, Ryan Shaw, Lana Shaw, Rachel Ridenour & Will Ridenour; 4 great-grandchildren: Drew & Aubrey Branson, Jacob & Justin Prince. The body is at Kyker Funeral Home Sweetwater, where the family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:30 P.M. Sunday, with funeral services following in Kyker's Chapel. Graveside services and interment 1:00 P.M. Monday in Sweetwater Valley Memorial Park. Rev. Phil Holmes officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations my be made to the First Baptist Church Music Program. www.kykerfuneralhome.com