Dennis Max Ritchie

June 11, 1942 - April 12, 2019

Mr. Dennis Max Ritchie, 76, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019, at his home. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Mike Roper will officiate. Interment with military rites will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in China Grove. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 pm Tuesday at Lady's Funeral Home. Mr. Ritchie was born June 11, 1942 in Concord. He was a son of the late Eddie Monroe Ritchie and Shirley Coley Ritchie. He was a 1960 graduate of Landis High School and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Before retiring, he was a truck driver for Fredrickson Motor Express and later Estes Express Lines. Mr. Ritchie is survived by his wife Lydia Cook Ritchie; daughter, Tamisha C. Ritchie of Kannapolis; son, Brian Keith Ritchie of China Grove; and brother, Gary Ritchie and wife Sylvia of China Grove.