It
is with much sadness and heartache, that I try to
write an obituary
for my beloved mother, Lola Ritchie.
She was born on
October 29, 1937, to Isom and Emaline
Cornett of Clear
Creek in Knott County. She met and
married Charles
V. Ritchie, also of Clear Creek, on July 16, 1966. The
union brought forth two
children, one
daughter, Danetta M. Noble, and one son, Richard L.
Ritchie. Their
lives here were as hard as anyone’s, but on December
23, 1984, they
both turned their lives over to the Lord. They were
active in the
building of the Summertown Old Regular Baptist Church,
where they became
members.
Mom was preceded in death by her parents, her
husband, and one
sister, Maxine
Smith. She is survived by children, Danetta and Richard;
two grandsons,
Ryan C. Noble and Jaylan L. Banks; four brothers,
Fontaine Grigsby,
Eugene Cornett, Fred Cornett and Frank Cornett;
and one sister,
Gladiola Colwell. She also had many sisters and
brothers in the
church that were very near and dear to her. She had
two very good
friends that she traveled to church with, when she was
able to go, Mabel
Shepherd and Nancy Patrick. They were known as
the “Three
Musketeers.”
Mom fought with illness most of her adult
life. But, on December
22, 2004, she
lost her fight. I know that she had taken the steps to
prepare her place
in Heaven and is rejoicing there now. Although,
there is no words
to express how loved and missed you are, I’m glad
you found peace
and your Heavenly home.
Written by Daughter, Danetta M. Noble
God
looked around his garden
And found an
empty place.
He then looked
down upon the earth,
And saw your
tired face.
He put his
arms around you
And lifted you
to rest.
God’s garden
must be beautiful
He only takes
the best.
He knew that
you were suffering
He knew that
you were in pain
He knew that
you would never
Get well on
earth again.
He saw the
road was getting rough,
And the hills
were hard to climb.
So he closed
your weary eyelids
And whispered,
“Peace be thine.”
It broke our
hearts to lose you
But you didn’t
go alone
For part of us
went with you
The day God
called you home.
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