WEST LIBERTY, Ohio — Hubert Woodson “Woody” Ridgway Jr. 70, of West Liberty, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Born on March 21, 1949, in Owensboro, 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 40-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 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 10-11 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 21, at Grace Chapel Church, 500 Linden St. in West Liberty, where Pastor Doug Thompson will officiate a funeral service beginning at 11 a.m. The family will also receive friends from 1-3 p.m. CST on Sunday, Feb. 23, at the James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory, 3009 Frederica St. A private graveside service will be held in Green Brier Baptist Church Cemetery in Utica at the convenience of the family.