ALBIRDIE VINES RITCH, Age 75, died Saturday, March 24, 2012 at her home in rural Charleston.


Born July 28, 1936, in the Deventer Community of Mississippi County, MO, to the late Walter Lee and Eliza Ann Nolen Vines, she had lived in Mississippi County her entire life.


On March 22, 1957, she married Johnny Lee Ritch who preceded her in death on April 1, 1996.


Surviving are: five sons, Bruce Ritch of Sikeston, David Ritch of Winter Haven, FL, Charles Ritch of Dothan, AL and Jerry Ritch and Kenny Ritch both of East Prairie; one daughter, Bonnie L. Clemons of East Prairie; three brothers, Leon Vines of East Prairie; Perry Vines of Lakeland, FL and Junior Vines of Wyatt; four sisters, Eva Lawson of East Prairie, Nancy Vines of Bertrand, Alvertis Donley of Fashion, NC and Ethel Hale of Hendersonville, TN; 15 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.


She was preceded in death by two brothers, Ernie Vines and Lloyd Vines, and also one infant brother, one infant sister, one granddaughter, Misty Ritch and one great granddaughter Jasmine Marie Davis.


Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral hour at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 26, 2012 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Rev. Ted Wimberley, pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church of Charleston, will officiate.


Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of McMikle Funeral Home.


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