Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Ritter, Robert G., 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROBERT GROVER RITTER Robert Grover Ritter, 66, a farmer of the Ivor community, died at his home near Ivor on Saturday, December 11. A member of the Ivor Baptist Church, Mr. Ritter is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lucille Peden of Ivor; a son, Robert C. Ritter of Suffolk; and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at the Ivor Baptist Church on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by the pastor, Rev. Julian S. Orrell. Burial was in the Ivor Cemetery. ****************************************************************************** Robert G. Ritter, 66 Buried Dec. 13 In Ivor Cemetery Robert Grover Ritter, 66, a farmer, died Saturday at his home near Ivor, Southampton County. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lucille Peden of Ivor; one son, Robert C. Ritter of Suffolk, and twelve grandchildren. A funeral service was held at 2:30 P.M. at Ivor Baptist Church with burial in Ivor Cemetery. Robert Grover RITTER, farmer, b. 3 Oct 1888, Southampton Co., d. 11 Dec 1954, at home, near Ivor, interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 13 Dec 1954, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Dec. 16, 1954, Sect. 3, p. 7; "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 39, No. 27, Thurs., Dec. 16, 1954, p. 1 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Ivor list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/ivor.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #103744609. D.Cert. 28696 (Berlin & Ivor #14) His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 8, 1937, p. 6) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r360m1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r360r2ob.txt