Walter A. Ritchie, Jr.

Mr. Walter Arthur "W. A." Ritchie, Jr., 81, of 205 Kimball Street, Kannapolis, died Sunday, April 11, 2004, at Avante at Concord. Funeral services will be conducted 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Fenton Jones will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park, with military honors. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. At other times they will be at the residence. Born October 28, 1922, in Mecklenburg County, he was a son of the late Walter Arthur Ritchie, Sr. and Martha Anderson Ritchie. He had lived in this area most of his life and was a graduate of Cannon High School. Mr. Ritchie retired in 1982 from Cannon Mills Company, where he was employed for 40 years. He was a US Navy veteran and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was an active member of First Assembly of God in Concord and Beaver Pittman American Legion Post. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Julia Thompson Ritchie; two daughters, Sue Ritchie Emerson and her husband, George, Jr., of Kannapolis, Julia Ritchie Burris and her husband, Mike, of Concord; a brother, Bob Ritchie and his wife, Sara, of Dallas, Texas; six grandchildren, Virginia Ford and her husband, Jeff, of Kings Mountain, Robin Sinclair and her husband, Jamie, of Kannapolis, Lisa Coble and her husband, Scott of Huntersville, Beth Alvarnas and her husband, Chris, of Kannapolis, Kathy Burris of Concord, David Burris and his wife, Amy, of Catawba; 12 great grandchildren; a nephew, Jamie Ritchie and his wife, Rachel, and a great-niece, Crystal Ritchie, all of Denver, Colorado. Memorials may be sent to First Assembly of God, 150 Warren C. Coleman Blvd., Concord, NC 28027.