Nora Miller Ritter DeLong

1914 - 2008

Nora Miller Ritter DeLong, 94, of Vinton, Va., went to be with her Lord on Saturday, September 13, 2008. She was born February 28, 1914, to the late Jesse Arthur Miller and Callie Lee Powers Miller. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Ellsworth DeLong, who passed away April 15, 2008; and Issac Preston Ritter; son, Calvin Frank Ritter; two brothers, Drury McKinley Miller and James Avery Harrison Miller; and four sisters, Alice (Bob) Miller Sexton, Mary Etta Miller Powers, Effie Miller Johnson and Gladys Miller Weatherspoon. Survivors include three sons, Charles Ritter and wife, June, of Vinton, Curtis Ritter and wife, Jean, of Huntington, W.Va., and Robert Ritter and wife, Karen, of Huntington, W.Va.; a daughterin-law, Joyce Ritter Gearhart, of Vinton; grandchildren, Tony Ritter and wife, Debbie, Debbie Kelly, Johnny Ritter, Corey Ritter and wife, Yvonne, Genise Douglas and husband, Shaun, Tracey Minnix and husband, Danny, and Kayley Ritter; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, Lyda Virginia Baker, of Princeton, W.Va.; and special friends, Tommy, Betty and Brandon Smith, of Ashville, N.C., and Keith Thomas. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday, September 17, 2008, at the Lotz Vinton Chapel with the Rev. Irvin W. Sloan officiating. Burial to follow in Mountain View Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at the Lotz Funeral Home, Vinton Chapel. The family would like to give a special thanks to the caregivers at Our Lady of The Valley for their kind and loving care given to Nora.