Jonathan Rider Obituary

Services for Jonathan Lawrence Rider, 40, are set for 12 noon Tuesday at First Baptist Church with burial at Hinkle Cemetery.

Visitation is at First Baptist Church from 11 a.m. until the service.

Mr. Rider died Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born in Selmer on June 23, 1983, he was a 2001 Alcorn Central High School graduate. He then attended Northeast Mississippi Community College. He started his years of service as a dispatcher with Alcorn County Communications/E-911 and Corinth Police Department. He began his law enforcement career as an enforcement officer for the Mississippi Department of Transportation. He then became a DUI officer for the City of Byhalia Police Department and was former agent-in-charge, Fraud Investigations at the Mississippi Department of Human Services before his illness. He was also administrator and served as former fire chief at Biggersville Fire Department. He was reserve deputy for the Alcorn County Sheriff's Department and, most recently, he was government relations advisor at Mississippi Wing Civil Air Patrol.

He enjoyed serving the people of Alcorn County, traveling, flying and snow skiing, in which he was a ski instructor. Most of all, he enjoyed spending time with his family.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Lawrence Rider, and his maternal grandparents, Guy and Lille McEwen.

Survivors are his wife Ashley Steed Rider; his son, John Kendrick Grisham; his father, Terry Rider (Dot); his mother, Pam McEwen Wren; paternal grandmother Shirley Ann Rider; brothers Ethan Rider, Adam Wren (Kelsey) and Aaron Wren; sister Lauren Ruzicka (Daniel); stepbrothers Zerek Trudeau and Nick Tredeau; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Melvin and Gay Steed; and a host of other family and friends.

Pallbearers are Dr. James Long, Ethan Rider, Adam Wren, Aaron Wren, Nick Trudeau, Zerek Trudeau, Pat Claunch, Shane Steed, John Kendrick Grisham and Grayson Brooks.

The Rev. Nathan VanHorn, Bro. Tim Dixon and Bro. Jon Hamies will officiate the service.

Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online guestbook: memorial corinth.com