Extracted from The Longview News-Journal (Longview, TX)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Ruthie Waits Ford

Funeral services for Ruthie Waits Ford, 59, of Kilgore, will be held at noon Wednesday June 17, 2009, at the Chalk Hill Assembly of God Church with Pastor Jimmy Ames officiating. Interment will follow in Chalk Hill Cemetery under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. Mrs. Ford passed away Saturday June 13, 2009, in Henderson.

She was born September 9, 1949, in Longview, Texas. She was a member of the Chalk Hill Assembly of God Church and a manager at Wal-Mart. She was devout Christian, great wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved to travel and spend time with family, and everyone she met loved her.

She is survived by her husband, Gary Ford of Kilgore; daughter, LaDonna Williams of Lake Cherokee; son, David Bowers of Beckville; two grandchildren, DeMarkus Avery Lathan and Megan Venice Lathan; parents, Thomas and Emma Waits of Lake Cherokee; and three sisters, Becky Helms and husband Bill of Tatum, Brenda Pither and husband Pat of Chalk Hill, and Dory Ferrell and husband Jimmy of Oak Hill.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home today, June 16, 2009, from 6-8 p.m.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.