1927
Ruthie
2013
Ruthie Forsythe
November 10, 1927 — June 21, 2013
RUTHIE MAE HARRIS FORSYTHE
Henderson, TN: Ruthie Mae Harris Forsythe, age 85 passed away Friday June 21, 2013 at the Henderson Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Forsythe was born and reared in the Refuge Community of McNairy County and had lived there all of her life. She was the daughter of the late William R. ‘Dick’ Harris and Bertie Owens Harris. She went to school in McNairy County and in 1947 married Howard Forsythe. She worked at Brown Shoe Company and also on the family dairy farm and later worked at Salant & Salant in Henderson, Chester Manufacturing, and Morrison’s Cafeteria at Freed-Hardeman. She had made her home at Henderson Health and Rehab Center the past ten years. She was a long time member of the Estes Church of Christ.
She is survived by a son; Edgar Forsythe and wife Marjola of Venice, FL and Edgar’s three children; William Edgar Forsythe, II, Victoria Forsythe and Amy Richardson and Edgar's granddaughter Adeline; and son Lonnie Forsythe of Englewood, FL and Lonnie’s two children Amanda Forsythe and Alic Forsythe and Lonnie’s grandchildren Ethan and Melia, and a daughter Laura Ann Espinosa of Bethel Springs, TN and Laura’s two children Tiffany and William. She was predeceased by a brother James Harris.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Roy Sharp officiating with burial in Refuge Cemetery in McNairy County.
The family will receive friends at Casey Chapel from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Monday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, TN
731-989-2421
Henderson, TN: Ruthie Mae Harris Forsythe, age 85 passed away Friday June 21, 2013 at the Henderson Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Mrs. Forsythe was born and reared in the Refuge Community of McNairy County and had lived there all of her life. She was the daughter of the late William R. ‘Dick’ Harris and Bertie Owens Harris. She went to school in McNairy County and in 1947 married Howard Forsythe. She worked at Brown Shoe Company and also on the family dairy farm and later worked at Salant & Salant in Henderson, Chester Manufacturing, and Morrison’s Cafeteria at Freed-Hardeman. She had made her home at Henderson Health and Rehab Center the past ten years. She was a long time member of the Estes Church of Christ.
She is survived by a son; Edgar Forsythe and wife Marjola of Venice, FL and Edgar’s three children; William Edgar Forsythe, II, Victoria Forsythe and Amy Richardson and Edgar's granddaughter Adeline; and son Lonnie Forsythe of Englewood, FL and Lonnie’s two children Amanda Forsythe and Alic Forsythe and Lonnie’s grandchildren Ethan and Melia, and a daughter Laura Ann Espinosa of Bethel Springs, TN and Laura’s two children Tiffany and William. She was predeceased by a brother James Harris.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Roy Sharp officiating with burial in Refuge Cemetery in McNairy County.
The family will receive friends at Casey Chapel from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Monday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, TN
731-989-2421
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