Individual Details

Augustus Houston Ritter, known as Houston Ritter, was born 10 November 1895, the eldest child of Stephen David and Sallie Amnice (Kirkpatrick) Ritter, and died 11 July 1986. He married Helen Keller Clayton, who was born 23 August 1899 and died 15 July 1988. Both Houston and Helen graduated from Mississippi State Teachers' College (now the University of Southern Mississippi).

Houston was a veteran of World War I. Following the war he taught in the Monroe County, Mississippi, school system for ten years. He later became Superintendent of Schools in Becker, Monroe County, Mississippi. After leaving this position he managed the Monroe County Electric Power Association, the first REA (Rural Electrification Administration) county association in the nation, and still later he established his own electric business in Amory. Houston was active in civic, community and county affairs in Amory and Monroe County, Mississippi.

Helen was a teacher in the Becker school system and in the Amory, Mississippi school systems.

There was one child born of the marriage.

Birth	10 Nov 1895	Mississippi
Marriage	28 Dec 1921	Helen Keller Clayton
Death	11 Jul 1986	Amory, Monroe Co., Mississippi
Burial		Masonic Cemetery, Amory, Monroe Co., Mississippi

Spouse	Helen Keller Clayton (1899 - 1988)
Child	Augustus Houston Ritter Jr. (1937 - )

Father	Stephen David Ritter (1866 - 1947)
Mother	Sallie Annice Kirkpatrick (1871 - 1953)
Sibling	Mary Velma Ritter (1898 - 1984)
Sibling	Luna Jane Ritter (1900 - 1926)
Sibling	Nova Lou Ritter (1904 - 1994)
Sibling	Annabel Ritter (1907 - 1999)
Sibling	Naomi Opal Ritter (1910 - 1993)