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Ruthann “Ann” <I>Morehead</I> Adkins

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Ruthann “Ann” Morehead Adkins

Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
11 Oct 2009 (aged 51)
Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas, USA
Burial
Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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BRISCOE - Ruthann "Ann" Morehead Adkins, 51, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Canadian.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church in Canadian with the Rev. Donald Hill officiating and the Rev. Danny Sanders assisting. Burial will be in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery by Hughs Funeral Home of Canadian.

Ruthann was born Sept. 20, 1958, in Oklahoma City to Dorothea Kelln Morehead and the late Marshall Glen Morehead. Ann attended school in Oklahoma City, Elk City, Okla., Woodward, Okla., and Canadian. She graduated in 1976 from Canadian High School.

Ann attended McMurry College in Abilene, graduating in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in education. She taught in Miami, Texas, for the last 29 years, teaching fourth grade, middle school math and special needs students.

Ann married Thomas Anthony "Tony" Adkins on May 6, 1983, in her parents' home in Canadian. She, Tony and their three boys made their home in Miami from 1984 to 1999, and then in Briscoe to the present.

She was a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, master cookie baker, talented seamstress and most importantly, grandmother to her three grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband of 26 years, Tony Adkins; three children, Taylor and wife Jennifer of Canadian; William and wife Mechelle of Briscoe and Jason and wife Rachel of Canyon; three grandchildren, Hope, Austin and Wyatt, all of Briscoe; her mother, Dorothea Crowell and husband Erbin of Canadian; two sisters, Marsha Pool and husband Randy of Mabank and Donna Morehead of Amarillo; a brother, Marshall Glen "Pete" Morehead Jr. and wife Tammie of Higgins; her mother-in-law, Faye Adkins of Canadian; and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and a wealth of people who were touched by her desire to make everyone feel special.

The family suggests memorials be to Miami Independent School District Accelerated Reading Program, P.O. Box 368, Miami, TX 79059.

Leave online condolences at www.hughsfuneralhome.com.

Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 13, 2009
BRISCOE - Ruthann "Ann" Morehead Adkins, 51, died Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Canadian.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in First United Methodist Church in Canadian with the Rev. Donald Hill officiating and the Rev. Danny Sanders assisting. Burial will be in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery by Hughs Funeral Home of Canadian.

Ruthann was born Sept. 20, 1958, in Oklahoma City to Dorothea Kelln Morehead and the late Marshall Glen Morehead. Ann attended school in Oklahoma City, Elk City, Okla., Woodward, Okla., and Canadian. She graduated in 1976 from Canadian High School.

Ann attended McMurry College in Abilene, graduating in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in education. She taught in Miami, Texas, for the last 29 years, teaching fourth grade, middle school math and special needs students.

Ann married Thomas Anthony "Tony" Adkins on May 6, 1983, in her parents' home in Canadian. She, Tony and their three boys made their home in Miami from 1984 to 1999, and then in Briscoe to the present.

She was a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, master cookie baker, talented seamstress and most importantly, grandmother to her three grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband of 26 years, Tony Adkins; three children, Taylor and wife Jennifer of Canadian; William and wife Mechelle of Briscoe and Jason and wife Rachel of Canyon; three grandchildren, Hope, Austin and Wyatt, all of Briscoe; her mother, Dorothea Crowell and husband Erbin of Canadian; two sisters, Marsha Pool and husband Randy of Mabank and Donna Morehead of Amarillo; a brother, Marshall Glen "Pete" Morehead Jr. and wife Tammie of Higgins; her mother-in-law, Faye Adkins of Canadian; and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and a wealth of people who were touched by her desire to make everyone feel special.

The family suggests memorials be to Miami Independent School District Accelerated Reading Program, P.O. Box 368, Miami, TX 79059.

Leave online condolences at www.hughsfuneralhome.com.

Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 13, 2009


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  • Created by: Kenneth D. Bogard
  • Added: Oct 13, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43052466/ruthann-adkins: accessed ), memorial page for Ruthann “Ann” Morehead Adkins (20 Sep 1958–11 Oct 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43052466, citing Edith Ford Memorial Cemeteries, Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Kenneth D. Bogard (contributor 46562702).