Ruth Belle Murray

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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

Ruth married David Elbert Ritchie on 3 Dec 1905 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. David (son of Elbert M. Ritchie and Josephine Caroline Creed) was born on 24 Nov 1879 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 18 Aug 1950 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Ritchie Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Pauline Ritchie was born about 1907 in Carter County, , , Tennessee.
2. Ralph Ritchie was born about 1908 in Carter County, , , Tennessee.
3. Harry Roscoe Ritchie was born on 7 Nov 1909 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 17 Apr 2003 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, , Sullivan County, Tennessee.
4. Teddy Glenn Ritchie was born on 30 Mar 1911 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 27 Oct 1962 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee.
5. Kathleen Ritchie was born on 26 Jul 1913 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 30 Nov 2010 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Pearl Bowers Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee.
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8. Helen Kate Ritchie was born on 6 Jun 1922 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 21 Jun 1974 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee.
9. Samuel Quentin Ritchie was born on 30 Sep 1926 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 23 Oct 2017 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee.

Thomas married Delila Davis about 1880 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . Delila was born about 1860 in , Giles County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]