LAFOURCHE and TERREBONNE PARISHES, LA. 

Obituary for RUFFIN, BETTYRINE 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish La. and Houma Today, Terrebonne 
Parish, La.

Published: Thursday, July 29, 2010 

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RUFFIN, BETTYRINE 

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BettyRine "Bet" Ruffin, 69, a native and resident of Gibson, died Thursday, July 
22, 2010.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Gertrude Geddes Willis-Terrebonne 
Funeral Home. Religious service will be held at noon Saturday at Mount Pilgrim 
Baptist Church in Gibson, with burial in the church cemetery.

She is survived by her devoted friend, Samuel Dangerfield of Gibson; two sons, 
Gregory I. Johnson Sr. of Morgan City and Timothy I. Johnson of Gibson; three 
daughters, Gwendolyn J. Ingram of Houma, Peggy J. Evans of Morgan City and 
Melissa Henyard August of Patterson; four brothers, Belvin Ruffin of Gibson, 
Gerald Ruffin of Oakland, Calif., Floyd Ruffin of Gibson, and Peter Ruffin of 
Patterson; one sister, Ruth Diggs of Oklahoma City; 19 grandchildren; and 13 
great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Rufus and Pauline Green Ruffin; and 
two brothers, Rufus Ruffin Jr. and Larry Ruffin Sr.

She was a member of Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church. She was an usher and homemaker.

Gertrude Geddes Willis-Terrebonne Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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