Extracted from The Longview News-Journal (Longview, TX)
February 2003

Ruby Salter
1912-2003

Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Josephine Salter, 90, of East Mountain were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, at Cross Roads Assembly of God Church (formerly Oak Grove Assembly of God Church), with the Rev. Randy Shipman officiating.

Burial was at Old East Mountain Cemetery under the direction of Croley Funeral Home.

Mrs. Salter died Friday, Feb. 7, in a Kaufman hospital.

She was born Dec. 4, 1912 in Upshur County to John Wesley and Lela Medlin, and lived here most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Cross Roads Assembly of God Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Helen Lavon Bass of Midwest City, Okla. and Betty Laird of Kaufman; two brothers, Claudis Medlin of East Mountain and Doug Medlin of Gilmer; eight grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eddie Andrew Jackson Salter.

Pallbearers were Michael Collum, Dave Crowsey, Ralph Followall, Larry White, Cody Gosnell, and Olin Bass.