Class of 1924

Birth: 4 May 1904, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 13 Jan 1997, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Parents:
Luther Ritchie (1858-1924)
Sarah Ann Cox Ritchie (1865-1948)

Siblings:
Lena Ethel Ritchie Cook (1885-1932)
Ann M. Ritchie Goodman (1888-1986)
Melvin Aaron Ritchie (1890-1973)
Clyde Otto Ritchie (1893-1923)
Hugh Steffey Ritchie (1896-1975)

Spouse: Rex Merritt Wiest (1912-1986)

Burial:
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA

Source: http://www.findagrave.com, #54526398,

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The Stanly News and Press (Albemarle, NC), 9 Jul 1948, p. 4.

Miss Temperance Ritchie Bride of Rex M. Wiest

Miss Temperance Ritchie of Albemarle and Rex M. Wiest of Courtland, N. Y., were united in marriage in a quiet ceremony solemnized Wednesday afternoon, July 7, at four o’clock in the home of the bride’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Ritchie on North Fifth street. Rev. G. H. Rhodes, pastor of First Lutheran church, officiated at the double ring ceremony which took place in the presence of only members of the immediate families.

There were no attendants and the couple entered together. The vows were spoken in the living room before the mantel which was banked with baskets holding white gladioli, Queen Anne’s lace and ferns. Other arrangements of snapdragons, lilies and gladioli in pastel shades were used throughout the house.

The bride wore an afternoon frock of aquamarine crepe, a white Leghorn picture hat and black accessories. She completed her costume with a purple orchid corsage.

After the ceremony, the guests were invited into the dining room where individual bridal cakes were served with green and white ice cream and mints. The table was overlaid with a lace cloth and centered with a crystal bowl of white asters and daisies, encircled with white tapers in crystal candlesticks.

Later in the afternoon the couple left for a wedding trip and upon their return will make their home on North Second street. For traveling the bride changed to a white pique dress with gold trim and white accessories.

Mrs. Wiest is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Luther Ritchie of Mount Pleasant. She was graduated from Mont Amoena seminary in Mount Pleasant and the Asheville Mission hospital school of nursing in Asheville. She now holds a position in the office of Dr. L. V. Dunlap.

Mr. Wiest is a graduate of Buffalo State Teachers college and Cornell university. He received his M.A. degree from Cornell in 1941 and also did work on his doctorate there. He served with the combat engineers in World War II with extensive overseas service. and has been teaching English at the R. A. Dake school in Rochester, N. Y.

Out-of-town guests for the wedding were Mrs. P. A. Goodman of Landis, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ritchie and daughters, Gloria and Dorothy, of Asheville and Max Ritchie of Raleigh.

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The Stanly News and Press (Albemarle, NC), 14 Jan 1997, p. 2A.

Temperance Wiest

Temperance Ritchie Wiest, 92 of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Jan. 13, 1997, in Cabarrus Memorial Hospital.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Mt. Pleasant. The Rev. JOhn H. Taylor, Jr., and the Rev. Donald Deal will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.

Born in Cabarrus County May 4, 1904, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Sara Ann Cox Ritchie and graduated from Mount Amoena Seminary in Mt. Pleasant and Mission Hopsital School of Nursing in Asheville. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity and the LCW. She was a retired medical office nurse, having worked in Albemarle for the late Dr. Victor Bigler.

Her husband, Rex M. Wiest, preceded her in death.

She is survived by nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 this evening at Gordon Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.