CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ruth Reece Rambo, 4 Aug 2003
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Ruth R. Rambo

Mrs. Ruth Reece Rambo, age 100, Thomas Blvd., Elizabethton, died 
Monday, August 4, 2003 at her residence. A native of Johnson County, 
she was a daughter of the late Daniel B. and Elizabeth Wilson Reece and 
had lived in Elizabethton for the past 61 years. She was a 1921 graduate 
of Johnson County High School, Mountain City. She taught school for a 
brief period after graduating from high school. Mrs. Rambo was the oldest 
member of the First Baptist Church of Elizabethton. She once sang in the 
church choir. She was a member of the Dorcas Sunday School Class, where 
she served as pianist for several years. She formerly had been active in 
the Women's Missionary Organizations. Mrs. Rambo was preceded in death 
by her husband, Earl T. Rambo, November 8, 1980; by a son, James Samuel 
Rambo, June 30, 1999, and by eight brothers and sisters. Survivors include 
two daughters and sons-in-law, Earlene and Roy Barron, of Navato, Calif., 
and Martha and Bill Holden, of Elizabethton; five grandchildren and their 
husbands, Mikki and Rocky Crowe, of Johnson City; Becky and Marc Bowen; 
Kathy and Richard Fries, of Calif., and Holly and Richard Carter and Patty 
Rambo, Elizabethton; seven great grandchildren, Weston Crowe, Matthew and 
Jonathan Bowen, Stephen Fries, Ryne Carter, Nina and Alexa Feathers, 
several nieces and nephews, and her care giver, Helen Minson. Funeral 
services for Ruth Reece Rambo will be conducted at 3 p.m Wednesday, August 
6, 2003 in Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. William L. Swafford 
officiating. Entombment will follow in the Mausoleum of Hope, Happy Valley 
Memorial Park, with the Rev. Bob Polk officiating. Roger Jenkins, soloist, 
and Yvonne Swafford, pianist, will provide the music. Honorary pallbearers 
will be Bill Holden, Rocky Crowe, Roy Barron, Richard Carter, Dr. Marc 
Brown, Richard Fries, Ramsey Pollard, Kyle Chambers, G.B. Gardner, Raymond 
Shepard, John L. Bowers, Jr., Temple Fulton, Barney (Howard) Fondren, and 
Reece Cole. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday in 
the funeral home. Friends may also call at her residence. To those who 
prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mrs. Rambo to the American Bible 
Society, 1865 Broadway, New York, NY 10023. Condolences may be e-mailed to 
the Rambo family at mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge 
of arrangements. 

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