OBIT: Ruggles, 2001, Boyle & Lewis Co. ------------------------------- *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************** From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 27 Nov 2001 TOLLESBORO -- George T. "Tommy" Ruggles, 85, of Danville, formerly of Willisburg, died Nov. 15 in Washington County. Born March 4, 1916, in Lewis County, he was a son of the late Thomas M. and Minnie Garrett Ruggles. He was a farmer and a retired U.S. Department of Agriculture tobacco inspector, a position he held for 26 years. He was former owner and operator of Rolling Acres Shooting Preserve in Willisburg. He also was a member of Willisburg Christian Church and a Kentucky Colonel. Survivors include his wife, Wanda Coulter Ruggles; four sons, Dean Ruggles, Aubrey Ruggles and Larry Ruggles, all of Tollesboro, and Douglas Ruggles of Danville; two daughters, Carol Doyle of Tollesboro and Bonnie Walters of Sharpsburg; three stepdaughters, Brenda Scrogham of Willisburg, Freida Bishop of Frankfort and Pat Maring of Tallahassee, Fla.; a stepson, Ted Gillis of Bardstown; a brother, Joseph Ruggles of Jackson, Ohio; a sister, Christine McCord of Lexington; 21 grand- children; 34 great-grandchildren; nine step grandchildren; and 15 step great-grandchildren. Services were Nov. 19 at Barbour & Son Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert Allen. Burial was in Bethel United Methodist Cemetery in Ribolt.