Dorothy J Clark-Ridder

Dorothy J. Clark Ridder was born on June 18, 1942 to

Samuel and Jeannie Mae (Wood) Cooper in West Green, Georgia.

She accepted Christ at an early age at her family church, House

of Prayer, in Lumber City, Georgia. Her grandmother, Josie Lee

Wood, was the pastor and kept the family rooted in church.

Dorothy attended school in the Telfair County School

System. Her family relocated to New Jersey in the 1950s. After

years of being up north she started working at Harvard's

Printing Company alongside her sisters, Mamie and Rhonda. In

the late 1990s the family relocated back to Georgia. She attended

technical college and obtained her certified nursing assistant

certification and worked as a CNA until her retirement.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; adopted

mother, Almedia B. Mann; son, Rodney M. Clark, Sr.; sisters;

Mamie Cooper and Rhonda Cooper-Smith; brothers, Thomas

Cooper, Samuel Cooper, Jr., and Sammie Cooper.

Loving memories of Dorothy will rest in the hearts of her

husband: John H. Ridder; three sons: Richard Clark, Raydell Clark,

and Rodney Clark II; six sisters: Carolyn Cooper, Katie Wynn,

Wanda (Terry) Andrews, Bernice Conaway, Debra Henry, and

Jacqueline Garnes; three brothers: Anthony Cooper, Marvin

(Gwen) Mann, and Wayne Bennett; three aunts: Glenda Wood,

Josephine Burch, and Mary Wilcox; special niece: Bridgette

(Thomas) Clark; goddaughter: Yatasha Cooper; three daughtersin-law: Angela Clark, Tasha Clark, and Makeela Fedrick; two

special friends: Gwendolyn Ricks and Evon McKever; and a host

of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and sorrowing friends.