Dr. Henry Skeen RITCHIE

RITCHIE, Dr. Henry Skeen, 75, of Spartanburg, S.C., died at his home. Born January 21, 1934, in Richmond, Va., he was the son of the late George Gordon Ritchie Sr. and Mary Wynn Skeen Ritchie. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia, a retired psychiatrist, and a U.S. Air Force veteran. Among survivors are his former wife, Rose Mary Ritchie; four sons, Dr. Gordon Ritchie, Dr. Thomas Ritchie (Major, U.S. Army) and his wife, Duyen, Stephen Ritchie and his wife, Rosane, and Carrington Ritchie and his wife, Abbey; two daughters, Kathryn Mann and her husband, Jeff, and Mary Ritchie; eight grandchildren; and two sisters, Mary Jane Johann and her husband, Billy, and Bruce Gordon Spain, all of Richmond, Va. He was predeceased by a brother, Dr. George Gordon Ritchie Jr. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, October 2, 2009, at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, October 3, 2009, at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, Television Ministry, 250 East Main Street, Spartanburg, S.C. 29306, or to the Spartanburg Humane Society, 150 Dexter Road, Spartanburg, S.C. 29303. An online guest register is available at www.floydmortuary.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.