The Bryan-College Station Eagle 
Friday, September 9, 2005 

Mary Ruth Burts
April 6, 1921 - Sept. 7, 2005

HEARNE - Services for Mary Ruth Burts, 84, of Houston are set for 1 p.m.
Saturday at Heartfield-Ritter Funeral Home in Hearne.

The Rev. Carl Clark of Corinth Baptist Church in Dew will officiate. Burial
will be at Elliott Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to the time of services Saturday at the funeral
home.

Mrs. Burts died Wednesday in Houston.

She was born in Hearne and lived in Houston for 63 years. She was a homemaker
and a Baptist.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton Burts; a daughter, Marie
Burts; and two sons, Billy Joe Burts and Bennie Dean Burts.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Johnny and Dolores Burts of
Houston and Francis Ray and Linda Burts of Dew; a daughter, Kathryn Hayles of
Montgomery; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.