Extracted from The Clarion Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Ruth K. Goodman
Ruth Kemp Goodman, 66, died Thursday, August 27, 2009, at Miss. Baptist Medical Center in Jackson.
Visitation is 5-8 pm today at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon. Services are 10 am Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Grace Primitive Baptist Church in Pearl with a 1 pm graveside at Gatesville Cemetery in Copiah County. Visitation will also be at 9 am at the church on Saturday.
Ruth was born November 29, 1942, in Gatesville to Ross and Lucille Collins Kemp. She was preceded in death by two brothers, William Kemp and “Lil” Ross Kemp.
Ruth was a dedicated wife for 44 years and a great blessing to her family and friends. She attended church with her husband Jerry at Grace Primitive Baptist Church in Pearl.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry A. Goodman of Brandon; sister, Linda Russell of Yazoo City; brother, Gerald Kemp of Gatesville and one niece, Melanie Hasty of Benton, MS.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Grace Primitive Baptist Church in Pearl. God allowed us to borrow Ruth for a little while and has called her home.
Friday, August 28, 2009