Mr. Ezekiel "Zeke" Richie (March 18, 1909 - February 2, 2009) THE OBITUARY FOR MR. EZEKIEL “ZEKE” RICHIE OFFICIATING MINISTER: REV. RANDALL COMBS Almost a CENTURIAN of Southeastern Kentucky MR. EZEKIEL “ZEKE” RICHIE BORN MARCH 18, 1909 DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2009 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN DWARF, KY BEING 99-YEARS, 10-MONTHS, AND 14-DAYS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING. ZEKE WAS BORN IN FISTY, KY THE SON OF THE LATE .. ELI RITCHIE AND THE LATE SALLY COMBS RITCHIE. ZEKE WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF PERRY FARM CENTER, AND WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE BROTHERS – CURTIS, ALTON AND JAY RITCHIE, ONE SISTER – ALMA DAVIDSON, AND BY ONE GRANDSON – DR. GARY D. WILLIAMS. MR. EZEKIEL “ZEKE” RICHIE LEAVES THE FOLLOWING RELATIVES SURVIVING: WIFE – ALMEDA RICHIE OF DWARF, KY, TWO SONS – MITCHELL WALKER AND WIFE SANDRA OF DWARF, KY AND KENNETH OWEN RICHIE & WIFE WILHEMIA OF FISTY, KY, ONE DAUGHTER – BRENDA WILLIAMS & HUSBAND - DELMER OF HAZARD, KY, ONE NIECE – JANIS RITCHIE, ONE NEPHEW – SAM RITCHIE, 7 - GRANDCHILDREN, 12 - GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 1 - GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. EZEKIEL “ZEKE” RICHIE CONDUCTED ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2009 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE DWARF BAPTIST CHURCH WITH THE REV. RANDALL COMBS OFFICIATING, THE BURIAL IN THE "OWENS FAMILY CEMETERY" LOCATED AT DWARF, KENTUCKY, FUNERAL SERVICES - THE ENGLE-WALKER FUNERAL HOME - ON EAST MAIN STREET – HAZARD, KENTUCKY. PHOTO & GUEST BOOK ONLINE at _http://www.englewalkerfuneralhome.com/index.cfm_ (http://www.englewalkerfuneralhome.com/index.cfm) **************Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000003)