Ruth Belle Murray

1884 - 1984  (100 years)

• Name	Ruth Belle Murray
  Birth	14 Jun 1884	Washintgon County, , , Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Dec 1984	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Burial	Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee
  Notes	Mrs. D.E. Ritchie dies at age 100 Mrs. Belle Murray Ritchie, 100, 402 East "C" St., Elizabethton, died Wednesday morning in the Carter County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Washington County, she was the daugher of the late Thomas Clayton and Delila Davis Murray. Mrs. Ritchie was preceded in death by her husband, David Elbert Ritchie, in 1950, a former school teacher and Register of Deeds in Carter County for 20 years, by a son, Teddy Glen Ritchie, in 1960, and by a daughter, Mrs. Helen Kate Ritchie Payne in 1974. Mrs. Ritchie was a member of the First United Methodist Church where she had been an active member in the Hattie Kane Sunday School Class and Circle No. 1 of the United Methodist Women until poor health curtailed her activities in January of 1984. Survivors include three daughters, Miss Pauline Ritchie of the home, Mrs. Carl M. (Kathleen) Bowers, Rt. 7, Elizabethton, and Mrs. Raymond W. (Emma Jean) Roddy, Division St., Elizabethton; and four sons, Ralph X. Ritchie, Echo Dr., Elizabethton, H. Roscoe Ritchie, 586 Bloomindale Pike, Kingsport, Elbert C. Ritchie, 1248 Grand Highway, Clermont, Fla., and Sam Q. Ritchie, 513 Allen Avenue Extension, Elizabethton. Twenty-one grandchildren and several great-grandchildren also survive. The family requests that thos who wish to omit flowers may make donations in memory of Mrs. Ritchie to the First United Methodist Church Library Fund or your favorite charity
  Person ID	I47864	DeLoach Ancestry
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas Clayton Murray,   b. Abt 1860, , Giles County, Tennessee,
  Mother	Delila Davis,   b. Abt 1860, , Giles County, Tennessee,
  Marriage	Abt 1880	, Giles County, Tennessee,
  Family ID	F14568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Elbert Ritchie,   b. 24 Nov 1879, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 18 Aug 1950, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1905	Carter County, , , Tennessee
  Children	1. Pauline Ritchie,   b. Abt 1907, Carter County, , , Tennessee   2. Ralph Ritchie,   b. Abt 1908, Carter County, , , Tennessee   3. Harry Roscoe Ritchie,   b. 7 Nov 1909, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 17 Apr 2003, Sullivan County, , , Tennessee (Age 93 years)   4. Teddy Glenn Ritchie,   b. 30 Mar 1911, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 27 Oct 1962, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 51 years)   5. Kathleen Ritchie,   b. 26 Jul 1913, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 30 Nov 2010, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 97 years)   6. Living   7. Living   8. Helen Kate Ritchie,   b. 6 Jun 1922, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 21 Jun 1974, Carter County, , , Tennessee (Age 52 years)   9. Samuel Quentin Ritchie,   b. 30 Sep 1926, Carter County, , , Tennessee d. 23 Oct 2017, Washintgon County, , , Tennessee (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F14476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart