Inez Stewart Connelly Riggs, 95, of Bethany, went to be with her Lord on Wed., July 27, 2011. She was born April 16, 1916 in Willow, OK to John Harvey and Maggie Arnold Stewart, the youngest of nine children. Her parents came to Oklahoma from Birmingham, AL in 1902. She and her husband, Bob, moved to Bethany in 1943. She was a member of Bethany 1st Nazarene Church, Fellowship Sunday School Class, and the Lily of the Valley Flower Club. She was a caring homemaker who loved gardening, painting, and family history. She will be missed greatly by those she leaves behind. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert L. Connelly and Loyd E. Riggs, and a daughter, Anna Vonne Inez Hutchings. She is survived by son, Robert Lee Connelly, Jr. and his wife Donna of OKC; daughter, Saundra Kay Murphree and husband Charles of West Fork, AR; son-in-law, Lonnie Hutchings of Luther, OK; 5 grandchildren, Donnie Williams of Lavon, TX, Brenda Hand of Bethany, Chuck Murphree of Nanning, China, Rob Murphree of Farmington, MN, and Jennifer Stevenson of OKC; 9 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. A special thanks from the family to the wonderful ladies who gave Inez such tender loving care in the last years of her life: Carol Reynolds, Jillanne McGehee, Marcie Franks, Tanya Reynolds, Raenell Ferguson, Cathleen Cook, and Helen Murray. We know that God sent each one of you our way to be a special blessing to her and to us. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 29, 2:00pm at Mercer-Adams Chapel with interment in Bethany Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Gideons. To share a memory or condolence, visit www.mercer-adams.com