Kildare, TX - Memorial services celebrating the life of Annie Sue Gryder, age 76 will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 705 S. Spruce Street, Vivian, LA. Officiating at the service will be her brother, Neal Milligan and son-in-law, Rev. Gary Terry. There will be a time of visitation on Friday, November 14th from 6-8pm at the funeral home.
Mrs. Gryder was born in Queen City, TX on October 5, 1938 to John and Bertha Copper Milligan and passed away on November 10, 2014 at North Caddo Medical Center in Vivian after a lengthy illness. She was a resident of Kildare, TX, a healthcare giver, and a Baptist by faith.
Mrs. Gryder is preceded in death by her parents, John and Bertha Milligan and Edna Milligan Francis; brothers, Oscar, Henry, Wesley, Willie, Johnny Ray and Wayne Milligan. She is survived by her long time companion and best friend, George Carter; son, Richard Toby Gryder; daughters, Susan Ainsworth and husband, Mark, Connie Crow and husband, Johnny and Anita Terry and husband, Gary. Mrs. Gryder is also survived by nine grandchildren, Melisa Jones, Brianne Jones, Katrina Otwell, Loree Easley, John Terry, Richard Shelton, Chase Gryder, Isabella Gryder and Brandon Crow; 12 great grandchildren and siblings, Polly McCrary, Martha Yates, Mary Procell and Neal Milligan.