Ricky got his first taste of bowling when his parents would take him with them when they went bowling. He was very active as a youth. In 1994 he moved up to the adult leagues but his heart was with the youth. He received his Level 1 & 2 certified coach and then went on to receive the USA Bowling Bronze Level Coach in 2001. Ricky was a member of the national organization for 16 years and 14 years with the local and ten years with the state. Ricky was elected to the Greaster charleston Hall of Fame in 2007. He loved working with the kids so much that when he had to use oxygen to keep going he would go up and down the lanes pulling his oxygen tank to help the youth with their bowling.
Ricky was a friend to all and willing to help youth and adults with their bowling game. He was also very persuasive in getting other people to help and volunteer their time and efforts for bowling.
On February 14, 2001 he had a double lung transplant. He was so excited that the Doctors told him that he would be able to start bowling again in the fall of 2006, Ricky started having problems and was put back on the transplant list, but before he could receive a new set of lungs he passed away on March 12, 2007. There was no such thing as a stranger to Ricky, because if you met him, by the time you left the room he had become your friend.
Inducted posthumously.
RICHARD BARTEE OBITUARY
BARTEE, Richard Entered into eternal rest on the evening of March 12, 2007, Richard Calvin Bartee, husband of Roberta (Bobbi) Kollman Bartee. Residence, North Charleston, South Carolina. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bartee are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial of the former at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Friday morning, March 16, 2007 at ten o’clock. The Prayers of Final Commendation and Farewell will follow in Carolina Memorial Park. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., GREENRIDGE ROAD CHAPEL, Thursday evening, March 15, 2007 between six and eight o’clock. The Rosary will be recited at seven o’clock. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Lung Fund Bartee, c/o Wachovia Bank. Mr. Bartee was born July 25, 1973 in Charleston, South Carolina, son of Jimmy A. Bartee and Gloria McAlhany Howard. Mr. Bartee was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and employed as a Senior Computer Technician with SCANA Corporation. He was a member of the Greater Charleston USBC Bowling Association, a coach for the Greater Charleston USBC Youth Association and was a member of the Professional Bowlers Association. Surviving are his wife, Bobbi Bartee of North Charleston; his father, Jimmie A. Bartee and wife Sue Bartee of Pensacola, FL; his mother, Gloria M. Howard and husband Mark Howard of Sullivans Island, SC; his brother, Troy Bartee of Seattle, WA; a step brother, Lee Chinners of Mt. Pleasant, SC; a step sister, Beth Mazell of Pensacola, FL, his maternal grandmother, Mildred Blanchard of Bonneau, SC; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Bartee is also survived by a Godson, Tristan N. Demumbreum and a Goddaughter, Taylor Suzanne Turner. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at lungs4ricky.com or www.jhenrystuhr.com. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.
