Rida “Judy” Dillard
© Roberts-Reed-Culver Funeral Home
January 5, 1946 ~ October 26, 2021
Submitted by Jan Grooms
Rida “Judy” Dillard was born on January 5th 1946 in
Stilwell Oklahoma to Charlie and Donna “Brown” Worley.
She was very athletic, she loved to play
basketball, tennis and was a great swimmer. She once saved two girls from
drowning at Baron Fork Creek and it made the local newspaper. She loved
playing basketball and going to the pool with her grandkids. She’s has always
been a very hard worker. She retired from working at the VA Hospital in
Fayetteville, Arkansas in October 2018 after working there for forty one years.
She was very generous with her time in helping the veterans. She won many
awards for her willingness to help people she knew and didn’t know. She was
overly kind hearted and never met a stranger. She was also the family
beautician always giving haircuts and giving advice whether you needed it or
not. She was a wonderful lady, Mom and Gran. Loved by many and will be
greatly missed by all who knew her!
Rida was preceded in death by her parents
Charlie and Donna Worley; her brother Wayne Worley, her sisters Flossie Jones
and Rogene Isaacs.
She is survived by her daughter Ronni and
husband Noah Wedge, Son Brandon and wife Gina Dillard, her grandchildren; Collin
Roberts, Channing Roberts, Jaxson Dillard, Allyson Dillard along with her
siblings Carol Long, Faye Hummingbird, Jock Worley, Sue Smith.
Her nieces and nephews Kelly Terminella,
Donna Hummingbird, Rhonda Hummingbird, Jackie Smith, Tony Worley, Kevin
Hummingbird, Tammy Hardy, Charlie Worley, Julie Gilmore, Jimmie Joe Worley,
Shaun Long, Shannon Long. and including lots of extended family and many, many
friends.
Graveside Service was held 1:00PM, Tuesday, November 2,
2021 at the Reese Cemetery under the direction of Roberts-Reed-Culver Funeral
Home, Stilwell, OK.