Ruth Loughary

RUTH LOUGHARY
RUTH ELLEN LOUGHARY OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT WADSWORTH, ALABAMA ON NOVEMBER 16, 1914. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CLIFFORD AND MARY ELLEN (PARKER) KEMP. RUTH DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON APRIL 30, 2003 AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN POTOSI, MISSOURI HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-EIGHT YEARS, FIVE MONTHS AND FOURTEEN DAYS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER, JOANN GOODROW AND HUSBAND ED OF PEORIA, ARIZONA, STEP-SONS, HAROLD LOUGHARY AND WIFE VIVIAN OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND MURRILL LOUGHARY AND WIFE ROLALIE OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, SEVEN STEP-GRANDCHILDREN, FOURTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, SIXTEEN STEP-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVEN STEP-GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBANDS, BEN MEYERS AND OLIVER LOUGHARY, SISTER, MABLE CONVIN AND BROTHERS, MORTON KEMP, ALBERT KEMP, JOHN KEMP AND CLAYTON KEMP.
RUTH WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITY SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH AND O.E. STAR #166, IRONDALE CHAPTER. RUTH ENJOYED CROCHETING GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 4:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003 AND 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM ON FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM ON FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REV. GUY CONWAY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, NORMAN LOUGHARY, KARL LOUGHARY, DONALD FAULKNER, JARED FAULKNER, KALEB POLITTE, KERRY POLITTE AND DOOLEY POLITTE.