Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 8 Sept 2001

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   OA Online Obituaries.

September 08, 2001 
Permian Basin Obituaries Obituaries Index

Joe Ruth 'Mama Joe' Rittiman
ODESSA - Joe Ruth "Mama Joe" Rittiman, 75, of Odessa passed away Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001, in Odessa.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, 2001, at Martinez Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Watkins officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at Martinez Funeral Home Chapel.
She was born May 17, 1926, in Del Rio and was a resident of Odessa for 40 years. She was a retired foodservice worker. She was Baptist.
She was preceded in death by her father, Johnny J. Whistler; mother, Guida V. Whistler; son, John Wesley Barbee; husband, Jack Barbee; husband, William Riggins; and grandson, DeWayne Barbee.
She is survived by her sons, Terry Barbee of Odessa, Bobby Riggins of Midland and Michael Riggins of Odessa; daughters, Jackie Smith (Ed) of Hyde Park, N.Y., Theresa Barbee (Joe Vaughn) of Augusta, Ga., Rita Owen (Paul) of Odessa and Barbara Burns (Charles Scott) of Odessa; sister, Margaret Barbee of Lubbock; brothers, Mike Whistler of Del Rio and Butch Smith of Lubbock; 20 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements by Martinez Funeral Home.