• Former Jacksonville Mayor Louis Hampton Ritter died Friday at the age of 84 after battling cancer. Mr. Ritter served as mayor from 1965 to 1967, before consolidated government. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, 4115 Hendricks Ave. The funeral is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, 118 E. Monroe St.