Bettie Ross Ritchie Clark

Mrs. Bettie Ross Ritchie Clark, 78, of Spring Acres, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at CMC-NorthEast. Funeral services for Mrs. Clark will be conducted in Lady's Funeral Home Chapel at 7:30 pm Thursday. Pastor Richard Rhodes will officiate. Burial will at 10:00 am Friday at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 pm until 7:15 pm Thursday prior to the service. Born in Rowan County on January 4, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Lex Ivey Ritchie and Lillie Ervin Oliphant Ritchie. She retired from the Print Department of Cannon Mills and later worked at Wal-Mart for eleven years. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Clark and a son, Joe Daniel Bowlin. Survivors include three daughters, Judy Bowlin Ferguson and husband, Jerry of Kannapolis, Rita Bowlin Sanders and husband Tommy of Pilot Mountain and Jamie Reid Keziah and husband Stacey of Monroe; four grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. The family requests memorials for Mrs. Clark be directed to: The Kidney Foundation of Charlotte, 5950 Fairview Road, Suite 550, Charlotte, NC 28210-2102.