CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Elbert C. Ritchie, 27 Jul 2002
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Elbert C. Ritchie
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. -- Elbert C. Ritchie, 86, of Clermont, died Saturday, 
July 27, 2002.
Mr. Ritchie was born in Elizabethton, Tenn., on December 18, 1915 to the 
late David Elbert Ritchie and Belle Murray Ritchie. He attended Elizabethton 
High School and graduated from Milligan College in 1953, after serving in 
the National Guard and the U.S. Navy in World War II in the Pacific Theater.
Mr. Ritchie was an elementary school teacher and a member of First United 
Methodist Church of Clermont. He was a life member of the VFW Post #5277 and 
was past commander of the American Legion South Lake Post #55.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Barbara F. Ritchie, Clermont; a son, 
Michael Ritchie, Zephyrhills; two daughters, Elberta L. Ritchie and Phyllis R. 
Smith, both of Wildwood; two brothers, Roscoe Ritchie, Kingsport, Tenn., and 
Sam Ritchie, Elizabethton; Tenn.; and two sisters, Kathleen R. Bowers and Emma 
Jean R. Roddy, both of Elizabethton, Tenn. Four grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services with Military Honors will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, 
July 31, 2002, at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Kelly Memorial Funeral Home