Brenda Jean Ritch, 69, of Lobelville passed away Friday, August 27, 2021. She was born in Grundy, Virginia to the late Anthony Perkins, Sr. and Freda Coleman Lawson. She enjoyed fishing and helping others by opening her home up to foster kids and others. She enjoyed having her whole family together and taking care of them. She was a kind, caring and beautiful woman inside and out. In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, Willie Ritch; stepson, Willie Lee Ritch, III; sister, Connie Perkings; and brothers, Anthony Perkins, Jr. and Wayne Perkins.

Survivors include her children, Candace Botkin Wright of Hohenwald, Audra Botkin and James (Khristina) Botkin, Jr. of Lobelville, Cassandra (Erik) Nysted of Norway and Brian Perkins of Linden; grandchildren, Dion Lopez, Jessica Botkin, Brittany Botkin, Hailey Botkin, Gratcia Botkin and James Botkin, III; great-grandchildren, Wyatt Botkin, Dante Lopez and Leianna Botkin; sisters, Sheila (Tom) Kasson, Martha York, Betty Story, Jenny Perkins, all of Ohio, and Bernadine Saldarriga of Texas; brothers, Danny Coleman of Linden, Jimmy Lawson and Kirk Lawson and Dwayne Perkins, all of Ohio, and a host of other loving family members and many friends.