Anita Ahner Riddle after a lengthy illness died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, at River Region Medical Center. She was 46.

Ms. Riddle was a life long resident of Vicksburg. She was a truck driver for over 25 years. She was a unique person that enjoyed gardening and especially planting flowers. She loved helping others in her community.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruby Lee and Fredrick Delane Ahner; and two brothers, Willard Albert Ahner and Johnny Delane Ahner.

Survivors include her two daughters, Jessie Renee Riddle of Texas and Lynn Riddle of Jackson; three brothers, Cash Ahner and Bare Ahner, both of Vicksburg and Mike Ahner of Italy; two sisters, Rhonda Swayzee of South Carolina and Lanore Fulgham of Vicksburg; and one granddaughter, Mary Esther Riddle.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Glenwood Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Monday until the service at the funeral home.