Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameRuth Marie PELLHAM 269,470, Ruth Marie Pellham Frye
BirthNov 27, 1933, Oklahoma470, Ruth Marie Pellham Frye
DeathJul 5, 2010, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri470, Ruth Marie Pellham Frye
BurialUnion Chapel Cemetery, Union Chapel Road, Christian County, Missouri470, Ruth Marie Pellham Frye
Spouses
BirthMay 1, 1924, Witty, Douglas County, Missouri269,470, James Thomas “Jim” Hodges
DeathNov 27, 1984, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri269,470, James Thomas “Jim” Hodges
BurialUnion Grove Cemetery, State Hwy DD, Ava, Douglas County, Missouri470, James Thomas “Jim” Hodges
Father“Ed” Edmond D. HODGES (1880-1964)
MotherUgenia Eldora SUMMERS (1881-1965)
Obituary Online notes for Ruth Marie PELLHAM
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.
470, Ruth Marie Pellham Frye
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