Elizabeth "Ruth" Pinson (1917-2004)
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Posted: 09/26/04 - 11:39:49 pm EDT
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Elizabeth "Ruth" Pinson, 87, of Ashland, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004, at Hospice Care Center after an extended illness.
Mrs. Pinson was born March 28, 1917, in Betsy Layne, a daughter of the late Rev. Arthur Lewis and Byrd Layne Jackson.
She was a homemaker and a charter member of Second Free Will Baptist Church in Ashland and was active in the WNAC Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Pinson.
Mrs. Pinson is survived by a daughter, Virginia (Boyd) Tipton of Ashland, two sons, Bill (Silver) Pinson of Grand Prairie, Texas, and Paul (Sharon) Pinson of Ashland; two brothers, Arthur Jackson of Holyoke, Mass., and Paul (Glenys) Jackson of Ashland; two sisters, Helen Lazear of Lexington and Virginia Dixon, who was preceded in death by her husband, Mansfield, of Ashland; four grandchildren, Brian Tipton, Kimberly Phillips and Melissa Foutch, all of Ashland, and Jon-Paul Pinson of Virginia; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at Second Free Will Baptist Church of Ashland with Randy Skaggs and the Rev. Kenneth Walker officiating. The body will lie in state from noon until time of service. Burial will be at Ashland Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Sept. 27, 2004, at Marshall Steen Funeral Home.
Friends may make contributions to Ashland Community Hospice, 1538 Central Ave. or Second Free Will Baptist Church Building Fund, 2121 29th St., Ashland.
Condolences may be made to ssteenfuneralhomes.com.
