Margaret Alice Allgood Ritchie, 77, of Bartlett, Tenn., diedNov. 27, 2010, at Saint Francis Hospital in Bartlett.

Mrs. Ritchie, 77, was born in Brookhaven on June 20, 1933, toZollie Daniel Allgood and Clara Gladys Laird Allgood.

The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. on Tuesday,Nov. 30, at Agape Baptist Church in Memphis, until the 7 p.m.service time. Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 3700 NorthGermantown Road, formerly Memory Hill Gardens is in charge of thearrangements.

Mrs. Ritchie was a homemaker and a member of Agape BaptistChurch.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her sisters, Annie MarieBeeson and Lexie Mae Walker; her brother, Bobby Lee Beeson; and hergranddaughter, Rebecca Lynn Ritchie.

Survivors include her husband, Charles C. Ritchie Sr. of Bartlett:two daughters, Margaret Emily Dixon of Jackson, Tenn., and SharonAlice James of Starkville: two sons, Charles C. Ritchie Jr. ofBartlett, and Daniel Allen Ritchie of Atoka, Tenn.: four sisters,Nellene Smith, Ernestine McKay and Corrine Damico, all ofBrookhaven, and Flora Mae Stie of Ponchatoula, La.; four brothers,Cary Beeson and Harold Allgood of Brookhaven, Adolf Allgood ofKennesaw, Ga., and Harold Ray Beeson of Monticello; and ninegrandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The family requests any memorials be sent to Agape Baptist Church,5156 Raleigh Lagrange Road, Memphis, TN 38134.