Mr. Allen Ray Ritter

July 1, 1972 - April 21, 2020

Graveside funeral services for Mr. Allen Ray Ritter, 47, of Carthage, Texas will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 2020 at the Mt. Bethel Cemetery in Gary, Texas. Guests may attend via Facebook live feed. Mr. Allen Ray Ritter was born July 1, 1972 in Henderson, Texas. He passed this life April 21, 2020 at his home in Carthage, Texas. Allen was one of two boys born to the marriage of Stanley Ray Ritter and Frances Dianne Rodgers Ritter. He was raised and schooled in Carthage, later graduating from Tatum High School with the Eagle class of 1990. He married Monica Ann Curbow and together they celebrated 30 years of marriage and raised three children. Mr. Ritter worked in the oil field as a rough-neck. He loved tinkering with anything and time with his many friends. Mr. Ritter is survived by his loving wife, Monica Ritter of Carthage; mother, Dianne Akin and husband Monte Akin of Clayton; father, Stan Ritter of Carthage; children, Brittany Suzanne Ritter Casey and husband Andrew of Carthage, Derrick Allen Ritter of New Mexico, Allen Ray Ritter, Jr. of Carthage; brother, James Ritter of Carthage; grandchildren, Brayden Ebbin Casey, Kyli Rayann Casey, Audii Bure Paige Ritter, Aaligha Leann Casey, Styphon Wade Thomas, and one more due any day, Jacob Allen Ray Ritter; numerous other relatives and a host of friends. The family requests donations to Hawthorn Funeral Home for burial expenses.