Peggy Ritchie Whitaker Obituary
We are sad to announce that on December 23, 2022, at the age of 91, Peggy Ritchie Whitaker of Salisbury, North Carolina passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Nellie Lynn Cooper and Robert Lester Cooper; her former husband Walter Max Ritchie, Sr.; and her sister Betty Holshouser. She is survived by: her husband Jerry Whitaker; her children, Walter Max Ritchie, Jr. (Shirley), Tammy Ritchie File (Doug), Robert A. Ritchie, Mike Whitaker (Phyllis) and Cathy Lynn Whitaker; her grandchildren, Sondra Sieradzki (Brian), Caroline Ritchie (Robert Pollock), Amber Ritchie (Mark Campbell), Christopher Harvell (Jessica), Hannah Kepley (Griffin), Heather Ward (Brian), Kathleen Whitaker (Clint) and Katelyn File Medina (Francisco); her great grandchildren, Lillian, Briar, Olan, Holt Kepley, Callie, Ella, Wyatt Harvell, Audrey, Anson Ward, Declan Ritchie-Pollock, Quinn Campbell, Dallas Fontenot, Carter, Greyson and Oakley Medina; her niece Denise Dalton; and her caregivers, Jennie Safrit, Brooke Elium, Joan Hardin, Cynthia Martin, Sara Jarvis and Martie Maynard.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Providence United Methodist Church, 6450 Bringle Ferry Rd, Salisbury, NC 28146.