Obit of Ruthie Mae Colter - Bastrop County, Texas c436 Submitted by: Tammy 4 Feb 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ==================================================================== Bastrop Advertiser, June 7, 2001: Ruthie Mae Colter died 6/2/2001. She was born to the late Henry and Clara Thomas in Bastrop County on 3/3/1931. She was a member of Zion Chapel Baptist Church. Preceding her in death are her husband, Curly Colter; a brother Louis Charles Thomas; three children, Julius Thomas, the Rev. Henry Colter and Louise Colter; and one granddaughter, Bridget Colter. She is survived by eight children, Clara G. Ward, Donnie Colter, Charlene Canada, Vanessa Binger, Christine Hoodye, Lora Baynard, Betty Benford and Glen Colter; a brother A. C. Thomas; a sister, Bertha Davis; 20 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Service was held June 6 at Zion Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Bastrop. Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.