MS SC586

Honors William Bryant Ridgway (1919-2011), a World War II Army Air Corps veteran who served as a B-24 Liberator pilot and flew 14 combat missions with the 8th Air Force in England, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserves

Recognizes Ridgway's service as a Mississippi House Representative for Hinds and Yazoo Counties for one term

Acknowledges his 85 years of active membership at Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church, where he served as lay leader, Sunday School teacher, and Chairman of the Administrative Board

Notes his career as a Jackson lawyer, real estate broker, and businessman involved in oil and gas, real estate, and timber industries following his 1947 graduation from Jackson School of Law

Extends sympathy to his wife of 60 years, Juanita Wallace Ridgway, and surviving family members