Coleman County, Texas - Obits: Mrs. Ruth Ashley Baxter *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Brown Brooke: irbrooke@comanchetx.com August 29, 2000 *********************************************************************** MRS. RUTH ASHLEY BAXTER, 89 Mrs. Ruth Ashley Baxter, age 89, of Santa Anna passed away Monday, August 21, 2000 at 8:30 a.m. at Cross Country Care Center in Brownwood. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Santa Anna Cemetery with Rev. Raymond Jones officiating. Henderson Funeral Home of Santa Anna is in charge of arrangements. Ruth was born December 9, 1910 in Comanche County to the late T. A. and Henrietta Ann Gaskill Huggins. She was reared in Comanche County where she attended the Comanche schools. Ruth married Darrell Ashley in Coleman on February 1, 1929 and he preceded her in death in 1979. She married Frank Thomas Baxter in Coleman in 1884 and he preceded her in death in 1996. Ruth had been a resident of Coleman County since 1928, moving here from Comanche County. She was a homemaker and member of the First Christian Church. Survivors include several nieces and nephews including Matthew Haley of Comanche and Robert Haley of Stephenville.