Dorothy "Dot" Ridgway

Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" Lee Sykes Ridgway, age 83, of Griffin, passed away June 6, 2023, at Brightmoor Hospice. Dot grew up in Thomaston, daughter of the late William Robert Sykes, Jr. and Lucinda Glanton Sykes Barnes.  She married Ed Ridgway in 1964, and they made their home in Griffin where she worked as a cashier at the Big Apple grocery store. When the store closed, Dot became a bookkeeper working with her husband in the family business, Ed's Carburetor and Ignition.  She liked the outdoors and enjoyed golfing, hunting, and fishing. She was a member of the Eastern Star Chapter - Griffin, GA.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Vernon Sykes.

She is survived by her sons: Robert Paul Ridgway (Regina), Ed Ridgway, Jr. (Alicia), and Bryon Keith Ridgway; grandchildren: Haley Michelle Ridgway, Rachel Nicole Ridgway, Rebecca Ann Warren and Kimberly Bryan Carter; sisters: Jeanette Pendley, Claudette Dumas, Barbara Ann Wray; brothers: David Barnes and Raymond Sykes, Thomas "Tommy" Sykes; many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at 2 p.m., in the chapel of Moody-Daniel Funeral Home with Dr. Jerry Light officiating.

Friends may visit the family on Thursday, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., at the funeral home.

A burial will follow in Westwood Gardens in Griffin.

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