Bernis Maxine Ridgeway

	Bernis Maxine Ridgeway, 62, of Pinckneyville, went to meet her Heavenly Father and Family on Sunday, June 4, 2000 at 3:55 a.m. at Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
	Mrs. Ridgeway was a homemaker and a member of Matthews Baptist Church, Eastern Star and Autumn Leaf Club of America.  
	She was born December 27, 1937 at DuQuoin, the daughter of James and Sophie (Farthing) Poe.  She married Jack Edward Ridgeway on May 1, 1957 at Perryville, MO.
	Surviving are her husband, Jack Edward Ridgeway; son and daughter-in-law, Ronald Edward and Sherry Ridgeway of Pinckneyville; two grandchildren, Angela Dawn and clinton Ernest Ridgeway.  Also surviving is a niece that Bernis Reared:  Cynthia Irvin Partin of Ava along with her husband, Ronald and their three children, Earl, Erin and Kelly.
	She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Gladys Ibendahl and one brother, Herman Poe.
	Funeral services were Wednesday, June 7 at 10 a.m. at Matthews Baptist Church with Rev. Darrell Porter and Rev. Silas Morgan officiating.  Interment was in Sunset Memorial Park in DuQuoin.
	Friends were able to call at Neal-McClure Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 6 from 5:30 until 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at which time she was moved to the church for viewing from 9 a.m. until time of services.
	Memorials may be made to Matthews Baptist Church.
