Ms. Juanita Elesha Ritter, 85, of Pickens, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Sunday, October 25, 2026, at Manna Post Acute Care Center. She was the wife of the late Roger Lewis Ritter to whom she was married 36 years.
Born February 24, 1941, in Hemingway, South Carolina, she was a daughter and one of eight children of the late Clarence James Stone and Lavieu Odessa Suggs.
Juanita was the owner of Ritter's Greenhouse and Nursery in Ritter SC. She loved flowers, gardening, and the outdoors. She also enjoyed arranging flowers and gift wrapping "Bows and all". Juanita loved cooking for her family and the hunters at Ritter's Hunting Club. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's were especially her time to shine with her amazing spread of deliciousness. Juanita & Roger's Friday evenings were known as grilled steak night. She loved her Lord and Savior. She loved her family.
Juanita attended Ebenezer Church in Ritter for the majority of her married life. Later she moved to the upstate and attended Pickens Church of God where she would often help (when able) organize the contribution envelopes or place the tithe envelopes at the pews. She made many friends over the years. She made many new friends at Pickens COG and wherever she went.
Surviving are: her sons, Tommy (Faye) Morris, Randy (Essie) Morris, and Jeffrey Morris all of Walterboro; daughter Sandra (David) Swett of Pickens; step-son Jamie (Kellie) Ritter; step-daughter Amy Ritter Shaw; grandchildren Melissa Morris, Christina Hollis, Anthony (Amanda) Morris, Jimmy (Jan) Morris, Joanna (Frank) Furtick, Ashley (Brad) Garrick, Steven (Casey) Galloway, and Randy “Jr” Morris; step-grandchildren Katie MacMillan, TJ Morris, Jordan Shaw, CJ Shaw, and Minyon Ritter; as well as many great grandchildren, great, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her siblings Polly Murphy, Doris Franceschini, Rachel Baxley, Kenny Stone, Faye Tanner, Teekie Marsh, and Joyce Marsh; daughter Sheila Morris Dodd; sons-in-law John Dodd and Glenn Galloway; grandsons William Dodd and John Charles Morris; granddaughter Stephany Galloway; and great-grandson Johnathon Raymond.
Funeral services were held 2 o’clock, Friday afternoon, October 30, 2026, at The Brice Herndon Funeral Chapel, Walterboro. Interment followed in Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Arrangements By: The Brice W. Herndon And Sons Funeral Homes And Crematory, Walterboro Chapel, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408. Visit the registry online at: www.briceherndon.com.
