Myra E. Ritchie was born January 19, 1924, in Terrell, Texas to the late George Sibley and Christine Goodwin Ellis. Myra was the great-great granddaughter of the late William Wills, founder of Wills Point, Texas. She attended elementary school in Terrell. Myra’s family relocated to Dallas after the birth of her late sister, Mary Alice Ellis.
Myra graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and attended college at North Texas State College, where she was active in theater and the school newspaper. Myra retired in 1979 from the First National Bank in downtown Dallas after serving over 35 years. She was proceeded in death by her husband and love of her life, William Franklin Ritchie. She was a member of the Highland Park United Methodist Church.
Myra is survived by relatives Elizabeth, Charlie, Stacey and Sarah Ellis of Wills Point as well as other cousins and special friends.