February 22, 1998

RUBY RITCHIE

SCOTT CITY -- Ruby Ritchie, 89, of Scott City, died Friday, Feb. 20, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1908, at Thebes, Ill., daughter of Frank Lampkins and Katherine Woods. She married Lawrence James Ritchie Nov. 9, 1929, at St. Louis. He died June 18, 1969...

SCOTT CITY -- Ruby Ritchie, 89, of Scott City, died Friday, Feb. 20, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Oct. 13, 1908, at Thebes, Ill., daughter of Frank Lampkins and Katherine Woods.

She married Lawrence James Ritchie Nov. 9, 1929, at St. Louis. He died June 18, 1969.

She was a member of the Pentecostal Apostolic Lighthouse Church at Scott City.

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She is survived by a son, Larry Ritchey Jr. of Sullivan; two daughters, Betty Lou Coleman of Scott City and Wanda Lee Cole of Dittmer; 18 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two daughters, a brother, four sisters and a great-grandchild.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Apostolic Lighthouse Pentecostal Church, with the Rev. Robert Smithey officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery in Scott City.

Friends may call from 1 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Scott City.

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