1943
Ruth
2009
Ruth Short
November 7, 1943 — May 2, 2009
Ruth Rice Short - 1943-2009
Ruth Rice Short, age 65, of Ashland, Ky., died Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Woodland Oaks Nursing Home.
She was born Nov. 7, 1943, in Boyd County, Ky., a daughter of the late Luther Rice and Mary Gibbs Rice.
In addition, she was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin Short in 2008; three brothers and one sister.
She was a homemaker.
Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Daniel Ray (Michelle) Short of Ashland; two daughters and a son-in-law, Heavenly Penny (Paul) Abrams and Melissa Gehringer, all of Ashland; five grandchildren including grandsons and spouses, Pokie and Amanda Abrams, Brandon and Sam Abrams, and Daniel Gehringer and granddaughters, Heather Gehringer and Tiffany Short; three great-grandchildren, Lakin Abrams, Marley Abrams and Harley Abrams; and four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Nell (Charlie) Gillum of Ashland, Josephine (George) Stapleton of Apple Grove, W.Va., Betty Skaggs of Michigan and Gladys (Chris) Martinez of Washington.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Lazear Funeral Home Chapel in Ashland by Pastor Rick Kitchen. Burial will be in Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight, May 5, 2009 at the funeral home.
Ruth Rice Short, age 65, of Ashland, Ky., died Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Woodland Oaks Nursing Home.
She was born Nov. 7, 1943, in Boyd County, Ky., a daughter of the late Luther Rice and Mary Gibbs Rice.
In addition, she was preceded in death by her husband, Franklin Short in 2008; three brothers and one sister.
She was a homemaker.
Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Daniel Ray (Michelle) Short of Ashland; two daughters and a son-in-law, Heavenly Penny (Paul) Abrams and Melissa Gehringer, all of Ashland; five grandchildren including grandsons and spouses, Pokie and Amanda Abrams, Brandon and Sam Abrams, and Daniel Gehringer and granddaughters, Heather Gehringer and Tiffany Short; three great-grandchildren, Lakin Abrams, Marley Abrams and Harley Abrams; and four sisters and three brothers-in-law, Nell (Charlie) Gillum of Ashland, Josephine (George) Stapleton of Apple Grove, W.Va., Betty Skaggs of Michigan and Gladys (Chris) Martinez of Washington.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at Lazear Funeral Home Chapel in Ashland by Pastor Rick Kitchen. Burial will be in Golden Oaks Memorial Gardens.
Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight, May 5, 2009 at the funeral home.
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