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(Jul 06, 2008)HUNTINGTON HERALD DISPATCH
WILLIAM R. "BILL" RITTER JR., 75, of Huntington, W.Va., died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in Cabell Huntington Hospital. Bill was born January 23, 1933, in Huntington, a son of the late William R. and Mildred Stafford Ritter Sr. He was a graduate of Marshall High School, Washington & Lee University and a member of SAE Fraternity. He served his country as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Germany with the 7th Army. Past President of the Southern Innkeepers Association and the WV Hotel & Motel Association, a past member of Huntington Downtown Improvement Group and the Rotary Club of Huntington. A member of Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, American Legion Post 16, B.P.O. Elks 313, current president of the Gypsy Club and a member of the City Club. Bill's extensive professional career started as manager of The Hotel Frederick from 1960 to 1973, President of Frederick Holding Company, C.L. Ritter Lumber Company, Big Sandy Coal Company, Eagle Coal Company, Warfork Land Company, Board of Directors of Wayne County Land & Mineral Company, Bank One, Huntington Trust & Savings Bank and the Huntington Museum of Art. He is survived by his wife, Alice Sovine Ritter; his daughter, Kristin Ritter McNeely (Daniel) of Huntington and her children Trey and Abigail; his son William R. "Trace" Ritter III (Dawn Ann) of Los Angeles, Calf.; a brother, Charles D. "Chick" Ritter (Sondra) of Atlanta, Ga., and their sons Von and Huntley; brother-in-law, Jay Sovine (Suzanne) of Safety Harbor, Florida; and a sister-in-law, Becky Leichner (Fritz) of Huntington. Services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, July 7, 2008, at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary by Dr. F. Emerson Wood and Thomas L. Craig. Entombment will follow in the Ritter Mausoleum in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington. Friends may call from noon until service time Monday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Fritz F. Leichner, George H. Wright III, Richard J. Bolen, Robert C. Campbell, Stephen D. Hensley, Jeffery J. Russo, Mark S. Taylor and Robert E. Vass Jr. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Thomas Scott, George Malott and Bill Moore.
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1933 - 2008 (75 years)
