Ellis County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Ruffin, Claude, Jr. 1952 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000642 August 1, 2006, 5:06 pm The Ennis Daily News Dec 12, 1952 Final Rites Held For C.J. Ruffin Funeral services for Claude J. Ruffin, 60, life-long resident of Ellis County and resident of Ennis for 30 years, were held at the Keever Chapel at 10 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Ruffin died in Ennis Municipal Hospital early Friday morning after an extended illness. Survivors include his wife; one son, Joe David Ruffin, student at North Texas State College in Denton; one daughter, Miss Virginia Ann Ruffin, student in Ennis High School; two brothers, W.C. Ruffin, Alma, and R.A. Ruffin, Sherman; and one sister, Mrs. Sallie Collard, Alma. The Rev Jackson Oglesby of Gatesville officiated at the services assisted by the Rev. Cecil Ellis. Burial was in Rice. Pallbearers were Maurice Smith, John Smith, Cecil Ruffin, Parnell Ruffin and Alvie Ruffin, both of Alma and Willis Ruffin Jr. of Stamford, all nephews of the deceased. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/ellis/obits/r/ruffin203gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb