Mom was born in Smackover Union County AR, as were 4 of her siblings. 2 of her young siblings, Bertha Iris, age 8 and James Norman, age 9 mos, died while the family lived in AR; another little brother, Lewis Lee, had died in TX before the family moved in 1913. They returned to Milam Co TX in 1922-23 where another sibling was born in 1925. The oldest sister Oma Narcissa married George Clawson and remained in AR. The remaining son, Richard Henry, had no children.
Mom was widowed twice; the first, she was 35 when my father was killed in an auto/train accident, leaving 8 children, and the second when Joe died.
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Graveside services for Ruth Adele Beasley, 87, of Holland were held Thurs Dec 15 in Holland Cemetery. A memorial service followed at First United Methodist Church in Holland. Ruth Adele Beasley was born Dec 16, 1917 in Smackover, Arkansas to Richard and Annie Rolan Butterfield. She lived in the Holland area since Jan 1948. She married R T McFerrin, who preceded her in death in 1953. She married Joe Beasley, who preceded her in death in 1977. Mrs Beasley was a homemaker and a member of First United Methodist Church in Holland. Survivors include her five daughters, Naomi Van Noy of Cody, Wyoming, Edith Lambert of Moody, Betty Jett and Sandra Kohring of Holland, and Kathryn Carter of Wheatland, Pennsylvania; three sons, Bob McFerrin of Rosebud, Lewis McFerrin of Temple, and R T McFerrin of Boerne; two sisters, Ruby Talbert of Georgetown and Edna Voldan of Corpus Christi; 21 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren; and 5 great-great-grandchildren. Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home of Rosebud was in charge.
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