Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Clifton Clinton Ritter    
                Born: Aug-31-1910          in Dale, Tyler Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Nov-18-1987          in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  1
             Resided:                      in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1930                 in Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1920                 in Grant District, Wetzel Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      teacher, Doddridge Co schools (43 yrs)  1
           Education:                      Salem College, West Virginia Univ (Master's degree)  1
            Military: Apr- 4-1944 - Dec-12-1946 U.S. Army, World War II  3,1
              Father: Elsworth E. Ritter   (1883 - 1930) 
              Mother: Delia Bell Edgell   (1893 - 1985) 
                Wife: Verna Rebecca Cumpston     
             Married: Mar- 6-1937          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  4,5,6
                Born: Apr- 2-1913          in Market, Doddridge Co, WV  7,1,2 (see note 3)
                Died: Nov-23-1998          in Follansbee, Brooke Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  1
             Resided:                      in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  1
             Resided: 1944, 67, 73         in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  8,9,10
              Father: Charles Luther "Lou" Cumpston   (1870 - 1967) 
              Mother: Alice Melvina Frashure   (1872 - 1961) 
           F Child 1: Living      
             Husband: Ancel C. Wise, Jr.  b. Jan-17-1928  d. Sep- 5-2002  
         Census name: Junior Wise 
           F Child 2: Betty Lou Ritter      
                Born: Apr- 7-1939          at Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV  1
                Died: Nov-25-2004          in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  11
              Buried:                      in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  1
             Resided:                      in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV  9,12,1
             Resided: 1957                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  13
             Husband: Living  
           M Child 3: Clinton Ellsworth Ritter   14   
                Born: 1940                  
                Died: Sep-11-1943          in Wood Co, WV  14
           M Child 4: Jennings Leon Ritter      
                Born: Oct-24-1944          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  15
                Died: Oct-24-1944          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  15
              Buried:                      in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV  15
           F Child 5: Living   16   
             Husband: Larry Wayne Boring  b. Jun-14-1948  d. Nov- 5-1996  

Sources:
(1) Obituary. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 13, p. 479. 
(5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(6) Obituary of husband. 
(7) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Delayed entry made by affidavit of mother. BR Del Bk 2, p. 18. 
(8) Death record of son. 
(9) Obituary of father. 
(10) Obituary of brother. 
(11) Obituary - Hospital. 
(12) Obituary of mother. 
(13) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(14) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(16) Obituary of sister. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Social Security card issued in California before 1951.
Note (2) He was also enumerated in Harrison County as a student at Salem
College.
Note (3) Name spelled "Vernia" in mother's obituary, but "Verna" elsewhere, including
her own birth record and obituary.







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