CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ruth Ruston, 8 Feb 2001
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Ruth Ruston

  Mrs. Ruth Ruston, 72, 302 S. Center Street, Johnson City, died Thursday, 
February 8, 2001, at Johnson City Medical Center following a lengthy illness.
  Mrs. Ruston was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Roy 
and Edna Street Whitehead. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Betty 
Cable.
  Mrs. Ruston was a housewife and a member of Westerly Heights Baptist Church 
where she served as pianist for 52 years. She was also Adult Ladies Sunday 
School Teacher.
  Survivors include her husband, Mack Ruston, of the home; two daughters, 
Sandra Luecke, Mt. Sterling, Ky., and Elaine Miller, Johnson City; two sons, 
Tony Ruston, Johnson City, and Greg Ruston, Elizabethton; three sisters, Doris 
Hencke, Elizabethton, Joyce Pettit, Hamilton, Ohio, and Alma Taylor, 
Harpersfield, Ohio; and two brothers, Dennis Whitehead, Ahoski, N.C., and 
Danny Whitehead, Cleveland, Ohio. Nine grandchildren, one great-grandchild 
and several nieces and nephews also survive.
  Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home, 418 W. College Street, Jonesborough, (423) 
753-0514, is in charge of arrangements.

  RUSTON -- Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Ruston, 72, 302 S. Center Street, 
Johnson City, who died Thursday, February 8, 2001, will be conducted at 2
p.m. Sunday, February 11, at Westerly Heights Baptist Church with the Rev. 
Roger Ball, the Rev. Bobby Stout and the Rev. Steve Hopson officiating. 
Interment will follow at McCarty Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Todd Ruston, 
Jamie Ruston, Michael Luecke, B.J. Miller, Buck Legg, Steven Banner, Bobby 
Hash and Wil Miller. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. 
Saturday at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made 
to the AWANA Club, Westerly Heights Baptist Church, 628 N. Center Street, 
Johnson City, Tenn. 37601. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home, 418 W. College 
Street, Jonesborough, (423) 753-0514, is in charge of arrangements.