Obituaries:  Louvina "Lucy" Ritter, Sabine Parish       R-360
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Aug 10, 1994
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Louvina "Lucy" Ritter (Photo)

  Louvina "Lucy" Ritter, 90, of Many, died at Heritage Manor
Nursing Home #1, following a brief illness, on August 4, 1994.

  Services were held at First Baptist Church of Many, on August 5,
at 2 p.m. Interment was at Many Cemetery, under the direction of
Warren Meadows Funeral Home. Rev. Joe Ratcliff of St.
Francesville, and Rev. Bob Spears of First Baptist Church,
officiated, and Buddy Day, First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula.

  Miss Lucy was an active member of First Baptist Church of Many,
from 1923 thru 1993. Miss Lucy married E. P. "Ras" Ritter at the
Many Methodist Parsonage.

  Miss Lucy was preceded in death by her parents, Rev. Webb
Jackson Ross and Louvera Stephens Ross, Pleasant Hill; husband,
E. P. "Ras" Ritter; grandson, Edwin Eugene Teal Jr.; brothers, A.
D. Ross, and Hubert J. Ross Jr.; and sister, Odie Walken.

  Survivors are one son, Perry Ritter and wife Billie Stringer
Ritter of Ponchatoula; one daughter, Sarah Teal and husband Edwin
E. Teal of Many; one granddaughter, Donna Leigh Teal Vance of
Lufkin; two grandsons, Mike Ritter and wife Debbie Vining Ritter
of Ponchatoula; and Greg Ritter Teal of Many; two great
grandchildren, Chris, and Emily Ritter of Ponchatoula; one
sister, Mae Chase and husband Vic Chase of Zwolle; two nephews,
Andy Ross of Shreveport, and Donald Ross of Germantown, Tenn.;
four nieces, Hazel Salisbury, Linda Ferguson, Eleanor Cotterell,
Cecil Walker, all of Shreveport; one sister-in-law, Vergie Ross
of Wisner.

  Mrs. Rebecca Cox Dziekan was guest soloist, and Mrs. Jennie Anna
Ogden served as organist to honor Miss Lucy's request.

  Mrs. Lucy's father pastored at several Sabine Parish Baptist
Churches, including Aimwell, Beulah, Fort Jesup, Spring Ridge,
and Pleasant Hill.