IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Ruby E.
"Sugar" Swope
May 23, 1929 – December 17, 2012
Obituary
Ruby Evelyn Swope, 83, of Brookport, IL, died Monday, December 17, 2012, 6:20 AM at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, KY.
Ms. Swope was a member of North Crockett Street Church of Christ in Brookport, IL, where she formerly served on the culinary staff. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Morris and Mary Tanner Morris; her first husband, Thomas Laverne George, her second husband, Ruben Swope; one son, Harold George, and one granddaughter.
Ms. Swope is survived by; five sons, Kenneth Laverne George, Indianapolis, IN, James William George, Charles E. George, John B. George, and Richard J. George, all of Brookport, IL; two daughters, Pam D. Porter, Brookport, IL, and Rita Houston, Paducah, KY; 17 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; one sister, Dorothy Lovelace, Paducah, KY; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives.
Services are scheduled for 12:00 Noon Friday, December 21, 2012 at North Crockett Street Church of Christ in Brookport, IL with William D. Hensley officiating. Burial will follow a Masonic Cemetery in Metropolis, IL.
Friends may call the church on Friday, December 21, 2012, from 10:00 am until the funeral hour.
Ms. Swope was a member of North Crockett Street Church of Christ in Brookport, IL, where she formerly served on the culinary staff. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Morris and Mary Tanner Morris; her first husband, Thomas Laverne George, her second husband, Ruben Swope; one son, Harold George, and one granddaughter.
Ms. Swope is survived by; five sons, Kenneth Laverne George, Indianapolis, IN, James William George, Charles E. George, John B. George, and Richard J. George, all of Brookport, IL; two daughters, Pam D. Porter, Brookport, IL, and Rita Houston, Paducah, KY; 17 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; one sister, Dorothy Lovelace, Paducah, KY; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives.
Services are scheduled for 12:00 Noon Friday, December 21, 2012 at North Crockett Street Church of Christ in Brookport, IL with William D. Hensley officiating. Burial will follow a Masonic Cemetery in Metropolis, IL.
Friends may call the church on Friday, December 21, 2012, from 10:00 am until the funeral hour.
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