Ruth Davis

Funeral services for Ruth Ann Davis, 75, of Gainesville are set for Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. in the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Paul Witt officiating. Burial will follow in the Witt - Ratliff Cemetery. A visitation will be on Monday, January 25, 2010 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Davis passed away on January 22, 2010 at Denton Presbyterian after a long illness.



Ruth was born on October 19, 1934 in Olney, Illinois to Truly Telford and Mary Magdaline White Struble. Ruth Ann married Elmer Wayne Davis 0n May 12, 1960 in Gainesville. She worked as a secretary at Linda Jo Shoe Company and later at Valenite where she retired in 1999. She was an avid quilter and a member of the Common Threads Quilt Guild and also a member of the Downard Fairplains Quilters. She was a member of the Downard Fairplains Community as well.





Ruth is survived by her brother and sister - in - law: Bob and Clete Struble of Olney, Illnois; sister: Norma Jean Butts of Nebraska; sister - in - laws: Avinelle Turner of Clovis New Mexico, Yvonne Struble of Ohio and Kaye Davis of Dallas; son and daughter - in - law: Bill and Cathy Leonard of Gainesville, Dale and Rebecca Leonard of Siouz City, Iowa; daughter and son - in - law: David and Melanie Davis of Gainesville, Debra and Shawn Phelps of Gainesville; and grand kids: Jeremy Leonard, Britton Hacker, Josh Davis, Kayla Davis, Jake Wilson, Mariska Phelps, and Kathy Mattaliano.



Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her husband Elmer Wayne Davis, brother Kenneth Struble and sister Vivian Robinson.



Pall bearers will be: Jimmy Krahl, Steve Ward, Joe Banks, Marc Ward, Keith Griffith, and Ronnie Ward.