Ruth Goode Melton, 92, of Rutherfordton, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at home.
A native of Rutherford County, she was the eldest daughter of William Waltes Goode and Louetta Carpenter Goode.
Ruth was a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School and Asheville Normal and Teachers College. She was an elementary school teacher for three years at Sunshine and Golden Valley Elementary Schools, and then moved to Charlotte, NC. She retired after teaching in the Mecklenburg County Schools for 33 years at Nivens, Thomasboro and Allenbrook Elementary Schools.
She was a member and past president of the Rutherford County Extension Homemakers Society. She continued to teach at Isothermal Community College, after her retirement, in the adult education programs and in Sunday School, at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, where she is a member.
She is survived by two sisters, Mattie Bowers and Lucille Biggerstaff and one brother, Francis Goode and preceded in death by three Sisters, Elma Tate, Edith Elliott, and Katherine Goode, and Brother James Goode.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00AM at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Family will receive friends at 10:30AM prior to the service. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 2676 Hudlow Rd. Forest City, NC 28043 or the Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336 Forest City, NC 28043.
A native of Rutherford County, she was the eldest daughter of William Waltes Goode and Louetta Carpenter Goode.
Ruth was a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School and Asheville Normal and Teachers College. She was an elementary school teacher for three years at Sunshine and Golden Valley Elementary Schools, and then moved to Charlotte, NC. She retired after teaching in the Mecklenburg County Schools for 33 years at Nivens, Thomasboro and Allenbrook Elementary Schools.
She was a member and past president of the Rutherford County Extension Homemakers Society. She continued to teach at Isothermal Community College, after her retirement, in the adult education programs and in Sunday School, at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, where she is a member.
She is survived by two sisters, Mattie Bowers and Lucille Biggerstaff and one brother, Francis Goode and preceded in death by three Sisters, Elma Tate, Edith Elliott, and Katherine Goode, and Brother James Goode.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00AM at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Family will receive friends at 10:30AM prior to the service. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 2676 Hudlow Rd. Forest City, NC 28043 or the Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336 Forest City, NC 28043.
Ruth Goode Melton, 92, of Rutherfordton, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at home.
A native of Rutherford County, she was the eldest daughter of William Waltes Goode and Louetta Carpenter Goode.
Ruth was a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School and Asheville Normal and Teachers College. She was an elementary school teacher for three years at Sunshine and Golden Valley Elementary Schools, and then moved to Charlotte, NC. She retired after teaching in the Mecklenburg County Schools for 33 years at Nivens, Thomasboro and Allenbrook Elementary Schools.
She was a member and past president of the Rutherford County Extension Homemakers Society. She continued to teach at Isothermal Community College, after her retirement, in the adult education programs and in Sunday School, at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, where she is a member.
She is survived by two sisters, Mattie Bowers and Lucille Biggerstaff and one brother, Francis Goode and preceded in death by three Sisters, Elma Tate, Edith Elliott, and Katherine Goode, and Brother James Goode.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00AM at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Family will receive friends at 10:30AM prior to the service. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 2676 Hudlow Rd. Forest City, NC 28043 or the Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336 Forest City, NC 28043.
A native of Rutherford County, she was the eldest daughter of William Waltes Goode and Louetta Carpenter Goode.
Ruth was a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School and Asheville Normal and Teachers College. She was an elementary school teacher for three years at Sunshine and Golden Valley Elementary Schools, and then moved to Charlotte, NC. She retired after teaching in the Mecklenburg County Schools for 33 years at Nivens, Thomasboro and Allenbrook Elementary Schools.
She was a member and past president of the Rutherford County Extension Homemakers Society. She continued to teach at Isothermal Community College, after her retirement, in the adult education programs and in Sunday School, at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, where she is a member.
She is survived by two sisters, Mattie Bowers and Lucille Biggerstaff and one brother, Francis Goode and preceded in death by three Sisters, Elma Tate, Edith Elliott, and Katherine Goode, and Brother James Goode.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 11:00AM at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Family will receive friends at 10:30AM prior to the service. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 2676 Hudlow Rd. Forest City, NC 28043 or the Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336 Forest City, NC 28043.
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