The funeral service for Myrtle Pina Haley Ritchie will be 11 a.m., Friday, July 12, at Heucks Retreat Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m., Thursday, July 11, at Riverwood and will resume at 10 a.m. Friday at Heucks Retreat until the time of service.
Mrs. Ritchie, 85, of Brookhaven, died Monday, July 8, at her residence. She was born July 8, 1939, to Harlan Haley and Bertile Smith Haley.
Mrs. Pina was a loving and gracious lady who loved her family and took very special care of them. She had many different hobbies, cooking, canning, sewing and quilting. She liked gardening vegetables and flowers. She also enjoyed playing “Skip-Bo” cards with her special friends and family. Mrs. Pina was a lifelong member of Heucks Retreat Baptist Church where she taught Missions Friends and Sunbeams in years past. She was also a member of Heucks Heartbeats and a former member of WMU. She was a gifted pianist and used her talent to serve the Lord through music at Heucks Retreat as well as singing in the choir. Mrs. Pina graduated high school from Heucks School and enjoyed a quiet life in the community she loved. Mrs. Pina was employed for many years with Bellsouth Telephone Company. She will be greatly missed by all who loved her.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Joel Kenlock Haley.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children, JeWayne Ritchie (Angela), Robin Ritchie (Melissa), and Michelle Douglas (Joey); six grandchildren, Mollie Goldman (Blake), Mackenzie Ritchie (Gabe), Taralyn Beeson (Brandon), Owen Douglas (Julianna), Dawson Douglas, Caleb Ritchie (Abby); and four great grandchildren, Kash Goldman, Tripp Goldman, Kaya Beeson, Camdyn Beeson and one more on the way. She is also survived by special friends, Barbara Douglas, Janett McCarstle, and Doris Gill as well as niece, Marjo Westmorland and nephew, Gordon Haley.
