Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BurialUnion Grove Cemetery, State Hwy DD, Ava, Douglas County, Missouri [25572]
Father“Ed” Edmond D. HODGES (1880-1964)
MotherUgenia Eldora SUMMERS (1881-1965)
Spouses
Obituary Online notes for Ruth Marie (Spouse 1)
She was born in Chandler.Okla.to Samuel & Georgia Griffith Pellham.She was a resident fo the Ava community for many years.On Feb.11,1953,she married Jim Hodges in Bradleyville
Mo.& to this union two children were born.Jim preceded her in death.Later she married Sam Frye on Dec,18,1992 in Ava
Mo.Ruth was a member of the Ava General Baptist Church &
worked in te church kitchen.She loved Sunday school,ceramic
gardeningdoing for others & being with all her family & especially her grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents,her first husband,James "Jim",a grandaughter
Stephanie,& three brothers,Loren,Burl & Azel Pellham.She is survived by her husband,Sam,of Ava;two children Karen of
Seymour,Mo & Kevin of Ava Mo;three step-children,Rodof
Ashton,Ill.,Nancy & Christine both of Chico,Tx.six grandchildren;eight step-grandchildren;two great-grandchildren;two step-great-grandchildren;one sister,Chloe
of Ava,Mo,;two brothers,Palmer,Ozark,Mo.,& Rolla,of Ava,Mo.many nieces & nephews & other relatives & friends.Funeral services for Ruth will be held Friday,July 9,2010 at 10 a.m.in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home,Ava,with burial in the Union Grove cemetery.Visitaton
will be Thursday,July 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. in thr funeral home.Officiating will be Pastor Oren Alcorn,harvey Scott,
& Rev.Dwain Moore.Memorials may be made to Gideons Or the Union Grove Cemetery.Online condolences may be made to www.clinkingbeardfuneralhome.com. [25573]
Mo.& to this union two children were born.Jim preceded her in death.Later she married Sam Frye on Dec,18,1992 in Ava
Mo.Ruth was a member of the Ava General Baptist Church &
worked in te church kitchen.She loved Sunday school,ceramic
gardeningdoing for others & being with all her family & especially her grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents,her first husband,James "Jim",a grandaughter
Stephanie,& three brothers,Loren,Burl & Azel Pellham.She is survived by her husband,Sam,of Ava;two children Karen of
Seymour,Mo & Kevin of Ava Mo;three step-children,Rodof
Ashton,Ill.,Nancy & Christine both of Chico,Tx.six grandchildren;eight step-grandchildren;two great-grandchildren;two step-great-grandchildren;one sister,Chloe
of Ava,Mo,;two brothers,Palmer,Ozark,Mo.,& Rolla,of Ava,Mo.many nieces & nephews & other relatives & friends.Funeral services for Ruth will be held Friday,July 9,2010 at 10 a.m.in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home,Ava,with burial in the Union Grove cemetery.Visitaton
will be Thursday,July 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. in thr funeral home.Officiating will be Pastor Oren Alcorn,harvey Scott,
& Rev.Dwain Moore.Memorials may be made to Gideons Or the Union Grove Cemetery.Online condolences may be made to www.clinkingbeardfuneralhome.com. [25573]