Ruth Dawson

Ruth M. Dawson, 95, died Wednesday, October 6, 1999 at the Springs Nursing Center.

She was born April 10, 1904 at Hightown, a daughter of Perry and Minnie (Johnson) Malone.

She was a homemaker. She helped various people in their homes and offices. She was a member of Monterey Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Women’s Circle.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lewis Dawson; seven brothers; and two sisters.

She is survived by two sisters, Kathleen (Catherine) Wilson of Staunton and Margaret Johnson of Brandon, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Anna Malone Sims of Cleveland, Ohio; five nephews, Carl, Earl, Lewis, Charles and Ralph Wilson of Staunton; and special friends, Carol Waybright, Kathy Patterson, Lois Thompson and Gaye Herold.

A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Obaugh Funeral Home by the Revs. James W. Moore and C. William Cox. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery, on Lambert Street, Staunton.

Pallbearers will be Earl and Carl Wilson, Ralph Swecker, James Thompson, Jack Herold and Elmer Waybright.

Honorary pallbearers will be friends attending the service.