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FINKLEA, Ruby Mae

Graveside services for Ruby Mae Finklea, 86, of Longview will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2001, in Sholar Cemetery near Joaquin. Services are entrusted to Welch Funeral Home, 210 S. Green St. Mrs. Finklea died Sunday, July 22, 2001, in a local nursing home.

Mrs. Finklea was born Dec. 4, 1914, to John David and Maggie Beulah Spradley Sholar in Panola County. She was a member of First Bapatist Church, BXYZ, Saints Alive and the Arthritis Foundation. Mrs. Finklea retired from M.E. Moses.

Mrs. Finklea is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Bobby D. and Geri Finklea of Longview; her daughters and sons-in-law, Lynda and Gene Weaver of Marshall and Carolyn and John Kelly of Noble, Okla.; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; special cousin James T. Sholar of Dallas; and numerous other cousins and dear friends.

The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. today, July 24, at the funeral home.