Palestine High School Alumni Association

07 / 15 / 1929  –  02 / 01 / 2009

Graveside services for Ruth Wilmoth, 79, of Midland, and formerly of Palestine, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Roselawn Park with Rick Dees officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Bailey and Foster Funeral Home Palestine.

Mrs. Wilmoth passed away Sunday in Midland.  She was born July 15, 1929 in Fisher County, to Homer and Winnie Munday Bostic. She was a former clerk in the tax office for the City of Palestine. She was a lifetime member of Westwood Baptist Church.

Mrs. Wilmoth was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Garland Wilmoth; and one sister, Mabel Adams.

She is survived by a daughter, Martha Alexander and husband Ron of Midland; son, Jerry Wilmoth and wife Debbie of Rocklin, Calif.; sister, Inez Boren of Channelview; brother, Buford Bostic of Pottsboro; three grandchildren, Ronnie Alexander and Tyler and Dana Wilmoth.

Condolence calls will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Bailey and Foster Funeral Home Palestine.
Published in the Herald-Press on 2/3/2009