Elsa Lee Neely Richter

Elsa and Boos Richter took photographs of my children when they were little as they did for hundreds more in McMinnville. Those pictures still hang in my home. In later years I was able to purchase 2 or 3 paintings she had done because I so admired her work. I am at my sister's today visiting and our discussion led to one of those paintings hanging on my sister's wall that I gave her 30 years ago. I hadn't realized Elsa had passed away, but I just want to say McMinnville was blessed to...

The Richters were two of my favorite people. All who knew them were blessed. They both adhered to the " law of kindness" in dealing with others. The couple were active members of the church at Westwood while in McMinnville, and Brother Richter served as an Elder. (While here he began my favorite annual event at the church, the "wild game dinner," a tradition that ended when they moved to Nashville but was recently begun again.) Mrs. Elsa was an accomplished artist, and I am privileged...

As i volinteer for the Hospice, I enjoyed so much talking to Ms. Richter's caregiver every Wednedsay afternoon I enjoyed hearing about Mrs. Richter's exploits at the checker board and the bridge table. Blessings on all of you.

Mama Boos you touched so many lives. You and Daddy Boos were loved by so many kids! I am thankful for my life at the home...

Mama Boos and Daddy Boos have always been such an integral part of Tennessee Orphan's Home and my childhood memories...broke my heart when they retired and moved to McMinnville, TN. Over the years, I've bought several pieces of her beautiful artwork at the biennial reunion at Chickasaw and in more recent years, one of the last ones she painted. My favorite is one Mama Boos painted for me from a photo I took of Cumberland Falls...I am mesmerized when I look into the falls, and I can...

Mama Boos, you'll never know how you truly touched my life. As a small child, who was thrown into an environment , so unfamiliar, you helped ease my fears and showed me love that I had never known. You have touched and enriched so many children's lives , that will continue through our own lives. You are a virtuous woman. Praying for all your family!!!! Love, Charlene Martin Sellers