Emma Rose Riddle Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Emma Rose Riddle (Fort Smith, Arkansas), who passed away at the age of 94, on February 8, 2026. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Emma Rose Riddle to show support.

She was predeceased by: her parents, E. W. Coots and Orma Coots; her former husband Bob Holloway; her brothers, Bill Coots and James Coots; her daughter Vickie Graves; and her siblings-in-law, Herb Sharpe, Carolyn Coots and Betty Coots.

She is survived by: her husband Cecil Riddle; her siblings, David Coots of Barling Arkansas and Ethel Sharpe of Mena, Arkansas; her daughters, Virginia Mayhew (Steve) of McAlester and Donna Sorrels (Harley) of Van Buren, AR; her sister-in-law Helen Coots of Van Buren, Arkansas; her grandchildren, Brian Potocki, Jeremy Potocki, Chris Mayhew, Nathanael Mayhew, Zachary Sorrels, Ashley Elder and Amber Smith; and her great grandchildren, Loki Pullen, Miller Sorrels, Summer Steele and Murphie Barber. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews and close friends.