Obit of Wooten, Ruth M. - Craig County, Oklahoma

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::Westlawn Memorial Park--Dimmitt TX

Ruth M. Wooten

DIMMITT - Ruth M. Wooten, 93, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1999.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in First Christian Church with Roy
Barringer, former minister, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn
Memorial Park by Foskey-Lilley-McGill Funeral Home of Dimmitt.

Mrs. Wooten was born in Frederick, Okla., and graduated from Erick High
School in 1925. After passing her teacher's exam, she began teaching in
rural school in Beckham County, Okla. She earned her bachelor's degree in
1954 in Weatherford, Okla.

In 1946, she moved to Dimmitt where she taught in the public schools. She
moved to Vinita, Okla., in 1956 and taught schools in Welch. In 1969, she
returned to Dimmitt. She was a member of First Christian Church.

She married Richard Wooten in 1940 at Beckham County. He died in January.

Survivors include a niece, Bobbie Ruth Eubanks of Afton, Okla.; two
sisters, Ruth MacKinlay of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada and Velma Roach of
Trochu, Alberta; and two brothers, Leroy Roach of Trochu and Bill Roach of
Sylvan Lake, Canada.

The family suggest memorials be to First Christian Church, 604 Western
Circle Dr., Dimmitt, TX 79027.

Amarillo Daily News, Dec. 14, 1999
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