Ruth Morrow
Ruth Ford Morrow, 96, of Dallas, formerly of Greenville, passed away on March 24, 2017 at the Brookdale Lake Highlands in Dallas. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the chapel of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home with Chaplain Randolph Chappell and Pastor Larry Lakey officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Ruth was born on July 8, 1920 in Greenville, Texas to William Austin and Fannie Jewel Steen Ford. She married Henry Finis Morrow on December 2, 1940 in Greenville, Texas. She retired from Sears, Roebuck and Company where she was in charge of purchase orders at the Corporate Headquarters. She was of the Assembly of God faith.
Ruth is survived by her son, Billy Morrow and wife, Dale of Dallas; sisters, Jean Wells of Greenville, Gladys Hyden of Greenville, Dorothy Delcore of Odessa, Barbara Hott of Irving; grandchildren, Melanie McQuiddy, Dana Mendoza and Scott Morrow; 6 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, F. David Morrow in 1991; brother, Melvin; sister, Evelyn and all of her friends.
Pallbearers will be Jackie Boyer, Bobby Delcore, Fred Hott, Michael Hyden, James Murley and LeVoy Wells.