Gay Nell Deweese Rittenberry, 77, of Hopkinsville, KY died at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, January 30, 2025, at her residence.
Funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 8, 2025, at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church with Father Christopher Kight officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Friday, February 7, 2025, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Hughart, Beard & Giles Funeral Home. A vigil service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Friday at Hughart, Beard & Giles Funeral Home.
A native of Franklin, KY she was born April 12, 1947, the daughter of the late Charles Roland Deweese and Bessie Lee Mayes Deweese. She taught English at Hopkinsville High School for many years, before changing careers and launching into real estate and established Coldwell Banker MetroNet Realtor with her business partner, David Lea Sturges. She was a member of the Christian County Republican Party and Christian County Republican Women. She was a member of the Hopkinsville-Christian & Todd County Association of Realtors. She was also very active with Fort Campbell and the Hopkinsville Military Affairs Committee.
In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband: Jack G. Rittenberry; and her grandson: Matthew Thomas Lin.
Survivors include her children: Elizabeth Gayle (Winston) Lin of Lexington, KY, Charles (Amanda) Rittenberry of Cornelius, NC, and Emily Rittenberry of Toronto, Canada; her sister: Ruth Deweese of Nashville, TN; her grandchildren: Andrew Lin, Benjamin Lin, David Lin, Donovan Bisson, Toby Bisson, Isaac Burns, Aaron Burns, and Jordan Burns; and her long-time companion: Douglas De Blasi of Fairfield, NJ.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Psalm 82:3 Mission at psalm823.org
