1893–1979

Introduction

Born: Sep­tem­ber 17, 1893, Holmes Coun­ty, Flo­ri­da.

Died: March 17, 1979, West­ville, Florida.

Buried: Le­on­ia Ce­me­te­ry, Le­on­ia, Florida. Some sourc­es give his sur­name as Rid­dles, but his tomb­stone clear­ly shows Rid­dle.

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Biography

Edwin was the son of An­drew Ben­ja­min Rid­dle and An­na Re­bec­ca Hol­land, half-bro­ther of Ag­nes Rid­dle, and hus­band of Ma­ry Eth­el Pa­get (mar­ried De­cem­ber 24, 1915, Holmes Coun­ty, Flo­ri­da).

A minister, he was liv­ing in Dar­ling­ton, Flo­ri­da, in 1923. That year, his song O Wan­der­ing Sheep, Come Home was published in The Gos­pel Way.

Riddle rep­re­sent­ed Wal­ton Coun­ty in the Flo­ri­da House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives in 1941 and 1961, and served in the Flo­ri­da State Sen­ate in the 1940s. He was im­peached and ex­pelled from the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives in 1961.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Are You Wait­ing at the Pool?
  2. Christ Is Stand­ing in the Sha­dows
  3. Bear the Gos­pel Mes­sage
  4. Ere You Turn Away from Je­sus
  5. Go Straight Ahead
  6. Harvest Is White, The
  7. He Knows the Way
  8. Heaven Bound Train, The
  9. I’m Look­ing for a Cross­ing
  10. Keep La­bor­ing On
  11. O Wan­der­ing Sheep, Come Home
  12. Somebody Knows It All
  13. Tell the Sto­ry
  14. Too Late
  15. Won’t You Send It Down To­day?
  16. World Wide Child­ren for Je­sus