Obituary of Columbus Lee Ritter ~ 1973
Source: Wilmington Morning Star Dec 25 1973
Castle Hayne - Mr. Columbus Lee Ritter, 67, of Rt. 1, Castle Hayne, died
early Monday morning following a long illness.
Born in Castle Hayne, N. C. on September 13, 1906, Mr. Ritter was the
son of the late William T. and Mrs. Cora Lee Pittman Ritter.
He was married to the late Mrs. Lois Jane Rouse Ritter who died in 1969.
Mr. Ritter, prior to his retirement, had been a prominent and well known
farmer in the Castle Hayne area. He was a director and vice-president
for the Hanover Mutual Exchange and was a life-long member and Deacon
of the Wrightsboro Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Shirley R. LaSure of Porters Neck, and
Miss Elizabeth Jean Ritter of Raleigh; a sister, Mrs. Effie Mae Tartt of
Castle Hayne; four grandchildren, Brian Scott LaSure, Bruce James LaSure,
Allyson LaSure and Lee Ann LaSure, all of Porters Neck; several nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. from Coble's
Oleander Chapel, Rev. Boyd L. Lambert and the Rev. Wayne Slayton
officiating. Interment will be in Oleander Memorial Gardens.
Casketbearers will be Robert Wells, Tommy L. Todd, Tom Ennis, Perry
Whitman Jr., George Futch, and J. B. Rivenbark.
Honorary bearers will be W. R. Todd, C. J. Drevyn, M. C. Cagle, Roland
Edwards, O. D. Buck, Clayton W. Fountain, J. Reece Harrell, Bascom
Johnson, Dr. Robert Andrews, Bradford Rivenbark, Herman Moore Sr.,
Jacob Swart, J. F. Tyre, Dan James, A. B. Barefoot, Eliash Stanley, Jim
Rankin, George W. Wilkins, W. M. Moss, Laurence C. Davis, and Woody
Wooten.
The family will be at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. LaSure Jr. of
Rt. 1, Box 628-A, Porters Neck, and will receive friends at the funeral
home Tuesday night from 7 to 8 p. m. A Coble service.
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