Jeanette Ritchie

Flossie Jeanette Jones Ritchie, age 88, of Clover, South Carolina, formerly of Blue Ridge, passed away May 25, 2022, in Clover.

She was born in Fannin County January 18, 1934, to the late Thomas M. and Mamie M. Campbell Jones. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Her granddaughter, Paula, learned to love the mountains through Jeanette by hiking and playing in creeks all throughout the North Georgia mountains.

Jeanette was a wonderful cook and made the best lemon cream cheese pound cake and poke salad.

Her faith was strong, as a long time member of the Church of Christ. Jeanette was a treasure and will be missed by so many.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank Lee Ritchie; children, Larry G. Ritchie and Deborah Lynn Charpentier; siblings, Gladys Bearden, Clyde Jones, Othella Patterson, Holland Jones, Jeryl Jones, Tom “Junior” Jones, Eudean “Dean” Deilbeck, Rena Louise “Toni” Patterson, Florence “Poss” Jones, Bernice Curtis, Ronald Jones, Velma Davenport and Luther Jones.

Survivors include her granddaughter and fiancee, Paula Stephens and Corey James Allen of Clover; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Saturday June 4, 2022, at 1 p.m. from the Akins-Cobb Blue Ridge Chapel with Min. Keith Ritchie officiating. Congregational music was led by Bruce Pack.

Interment followed in the Macedonia Church of Christ Cemetery.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society online at www.cancer.org.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.akinsfuneralhome.com.

Akins-Cobb Funerals & Cremations, of Blue Ridge, was in charge of the arrangements